On Fri 25 Nov 2011 at 07:40:02 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote:
>
> Camaleón wrote:
> >> > If the package is installed and the config file needs to be updated the
> >> > upgrade routine uses to ask what to do (keep the old file, compare both,
> >> > replace it with the nre one...). If the partition where the file lies is
> >> > not mounted then it's up to the admin user what to do.
>
> Harry responded:
> >> Yes, all that happened. I finally said OK to the new one since I had
> >> never edited the old one, I figured a new default would be ok too.
>
> Brian wrote:
> > It would be very surprising if it had happened because grub.cfg is a
> > file generated by update-grub, not one which is supplied by the grub-pc
> > package. update-grub is run during an install when, for example, you get
> > a new kernel.
>
> I'm not sure what you are saying above. By now it doesn't much
> matter. If you are saying it did NOT happen, you are wrong. And
> further you indicate the only places this might occur is during an
> install or a kernel change. Wrong again.
> This was an update which has been mentioned from the very start.
During the install/update/upgrade/replacement of some GRUB packages dpkg
came up with something like this?
Configuration file `/boot/grub/grub.cfg'
==> Modified (by you or by a script) since installation.
==> Package distributor has shipped an updated version.
What would you like to do about it ? Your options are:
Y or I : install the package maintainer's version
N or O : keep your currently-installed version
D : show the differences between the versions
Z : start a shell to examine the situation
The default action is to keep your current version.
*** grub.cfg (Y/I/N/O/D/Z) [default=N] ?
My surprise is now mingled with considerable bewilderment because
1. This screen can be produced when the file is a conffile. grub.cfg
isn't such a file.
2. If an existing conffile has not been altered it would silently be
replaced by the package file.
3. None of grub-common, grub2-common, grub-pc and grub-pc-bin contain a
grub.cfg. So no updated version to ship.
4, I've installed an up-to-date grub-pc to a Sid machine not 30 minutes
ago. A new grub.cfg was *generated* using files in /etc/default and
/etc/grub.d. No asking, either.
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