Re: grub update and reinstallation
On Fri 31 Jul 2020 at 11:21:06 -0700, Ross Boylan wrote:
> The recent security updates to grub inspire two questions:
> 1) Do the changes require updating the info put in the boot sector?
Yes.
> 2) Does the upgrade do that installation automatically?
Yes.
> I couldn't find documentation that addressed either issue, though I think
> the answer to 2) for my system is yes.
>
> When I did the upgrade the terminal showed
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Setting up grub-pc (2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u1) ...
> Installing for i386-pc platform.
> Installation finished. No error reported.
> Generating grub configuration file ...
> --------------------------------
> The second line suggests an installation happened, though it's not clear.
It is abundantly clear. What else could be meant?
> In particular, it doesn't mention any particular installation location.
Why should it?
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Brian.
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