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Re: lilo ignores failures on upgrade, leaving the system silently unbootable



tags 304260 patch
thanks

Hi Andrés,

I've prepared a 0-day NMU for this bug, which will be uploaded shortly.  The
patch is attached.

-release, please review lilo 1:22.6.1-6.1 for inclusion in sarge.

Thanks,
-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer
diff -u lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog
--- lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog
+++ lilo-22.6.1/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+lilo (1:22.6.1-6.1) unstable; urgency=high
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * High-urgency upload for sarge-targetted RC bugfix
+  * Don't ignore errors from running lilo on upgrade when it's required,
+    as this silently leaves the system in an unbootable state.
+    Closes: #304260.
+
+ -- Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>  Sat, 14 May 2005 04:48:05 -0700
+
 lilo (1:22.6.1-6) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * debian/patches/15_space-bug.dpatch:
diff -u lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst
--- lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst
+++ lilo-22.6.1/debian/lilo.postinst
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 	db_get lilo/runme || true;
 	if [ "$RET" = "true" ]; then
 		echo "Running lilo..."
-		/sbin/lilo || true
+		/sbin/lilo
 	fi
 
 	;;

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