Package: grub Version: 0.97-23 Severity: normal
The grep color option is enabled in my bashrc as : export GREP_OPTIONS='--color=always' Updating the grub package I had the following error. Removing the color option and run the script again solved the problem Thanks Running postinst hook script /usr/sbin/update-grub. Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub Searching for default file ... Generating /boot/grub/default file and setting the default boot entry to 0 Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ... grep: Invalid range end grep: Invalid range end grep: Invalid range end grep: Invalid range end grep: Invalid range end grep: Invalid range end Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686 /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_4_686}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_4}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-686 /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_3_686}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_3}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-2-686 /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_2_686}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1-686 /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_1_686}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_1}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686-smp /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16_2_686_smp}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16_2_686}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-1-686-smp /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16_1_686_smp}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16_1_686}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16_1}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_16}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution /usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done -- System Information: Debian Release: 4.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages grub depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for terminal hand grub recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]