On 2017-06-27 17:37 +0200, Floris wrote:
> Just wondering, why has the grub2-common package two update-grub files?
>
> One is just a symlink to the other
> ls -asl update-grub*
> 4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 64 jun 23 12:35 update-grub
> 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 jun 23 14:47 update-grub2 -> update-grub
>
> If there are programs depending on update-grub2, a small transition
> might have been a nicer solution.
I think the reason is that update-grub is also shipped in grub-legacy,
and packages might want to call the script under the update-grub2 name
to avoid the one from Grub 1. See bugs #460078[1] and #460079[2], for
instance.
Cheers,
Sven
1. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460078
2. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=460079
