On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 12:43 AM, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Please could you try previous versions of update-grub (using either our SVN
> or packages from http://snapshot.debian.net/) and determine when was this
> problem introduced?
The change seems to be introduced in v0.97-29 since up to v0.97-28 has
the same ordering.
I've written "change" not "bug" since I'm not sure it is a problem.
That is because `update-grub' is supposed to create a list with a
descending ordering. This means that there is a "char" comparison and
the one with a higher value should go first, for example -openvz-amd64
would go before -amd64 ('a' char vs 'o' char). The same way
-2.6.26-1-amd64 has precedence over -2.6.25-2-amd64 (25 vs 26).
Thanks
piti:~# apt install grub/stable
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Selected version 0.97-27etch1 (Debian:4.0r4a/stable) for grub
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
grub-common
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
Suggested packages:
grub-doc mdadm
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
grub
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 884kB of archives.
After this operation, 102kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Get:1 http://ftp.ro.debian.org etch/main grub 0.97-27etch1 [884kB]
Fetched 884kB in 0s (2906kB/s)
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
dpkg - warning: downgrading grub from 0.97-44 to 0.97-27etch1.
(Reading database ... 145250 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-44 (using .../grub_0.97-27etch1_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-27etch1) ...
piti:~#
piti:~#
piti:~# dpkg -l grub
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Cfg-files/Unpacked/Failed-cfg/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=============================-=============================-==========================================================================
ii grub 0.97-27etch1 GRand Unified
Bootloader
piti:~# which update-grub
/usr/sbin/update-grub
piti:~# dpkg -S $(which update-grub)
grub: /usr/sbin/update-grub
piti:~#
piti:~#
piti:~# update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
piti:~# for t in $(seq 28 38); do apt install grub=0.97-$t; update-grub; printf
"\n--------------------\n"; done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-doc mdadm
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/825kB of archives.
After this operation, 111kB disk space will be freed.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
(Reading database ... 144904 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-27etch1 (using .../grub_0.97-28_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-28) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-doc mdadm
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/819kB of archives.
After this operation, 16.4kB disk space will be freed.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
(Reading database ... 144904 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-28 (using .../grub_0.97-29_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-29) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-doc mdadm
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 886kB of archives.
After this operation, 139kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-30 [886kB]
Fetched 886kB in 5s (171kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144902 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-29 (using .../grub_0.97-30_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-30) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-doc mdadm
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 887kB of archives.
After this operation, 4096B of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-31 [887kB]
Fetched 887kB in 5s (171kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144902 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-30 (using .../grub_0.97-31_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-31) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-legacy-doc mdadm
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 887kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-32 [887kB]
Fetched 887kB in 5s (172kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144902 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-31 (using .../grub_0.97-32_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-32) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
grub grub-common
Suggested packages:
grub-legacy-doc mdadm multiboot-doc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
grub-common
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 885kB/1080kB of archives.
After this operation, 328kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-33 [885kB]
Fetched 885kB in 5s (171kB/s)
Selecting previously deselected package grub-common.
(Reading database ... 144902 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking grub-common (from .../grub-common_1.96+20080724-4_amd64.deb) ...
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-32 (using .../grub_0.97-33_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub-common (1.96+20080724-4) ...
Setting up grub (0.97-33) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-legacy-doc mdadm multiboot-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 850kB of archives.
After this operation, 86.0kB disk space will be freed.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-34 [850kB]
Fetched 850kB in 5s (166kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144913 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-33 (using .../grub_0.97-34_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-34) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-legacy-doc mdadm multiboot-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 903kB of archives.
After this operation, 106kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-35 [903kB]
Fetched 903kB in 5s (178kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144913 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-34 (using .../grub_0.97-35_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-35) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-legacy-doc mdadm multiboot-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 885kB of archives.
After this operation, 16.4kB disk space will be freed.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-36 [885kB]
Fetched 885kB in 5s (171kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144913 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-35 (using .../grub_0.97-36_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-36) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-legacy-doc multiboot-doc mdadm
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 901kB of archives.
After this operation, 45.1kB of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-37 [901kB]
Fetched 901kB in 5s (165kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144914 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-36 (using .../grub_0.97-37_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-37) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
--------------------
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
grub-legacy-doc multiboot-doc mdadm
The following packages will be upgraded:
grub
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 901kB of archives.
After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.
WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated!
grub
Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y
Get:1 http://snapshot.debian.net pool/grub grub 0.97-38 [901kB]
Fetched 901kB in 5s (172kB/s)
(Reading database ... 144914 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace grub 0.97-37 (using .../grub_0.97-38_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement grub ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up grub (0.97-38) ...
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found Xen hypervisor 3.2-1-amd64, kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-xen-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-openvz-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-2-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-etchnhalf.1-amd64
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86.bin
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
