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Re: Debian Wheezy Grub Problem



On 2013-03-13 23:19 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:

> On Wed, 2013-03-13 at 21:16 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> For anyone who actually thinks about following Ralf's advice: if you
>> do
>> that, it is also necessary to divert /usr/sbin/update-grub and replace
>> it with something harmless, say a symlink to /bin/true.  Otherwise the
>> local changes to grub.cfg will be overwritten.
>
> It's better to use GRUB of a "locked" Linux install. If there would be
> an upgrade for GRUB 2 /usr/sbin/update-grub would be reinstalled.

Not if you move it away with dpkg-divert(8); that's what I meant with
"it is necessary to _divert_ /usr/sbin/update-grub", just overwriting it
is indeed not enough.  Sorry for my brevity.

Cheers,
       Sven


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