Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-22 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 01:43:41PM +, Steve Langasek wrote: > > > You can't autorun update-grub in Legacy GRUB. People will yell at you. > > Why would that be, aside from the very bug that this is trying to fix? It doesn't matter. We gave users the promise that they can disable update-grub

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-21 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Robert, On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 12:47:46PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 05:30:29PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > --- grub-0.97.orig/debian/grub.postinst > > +++ grub-0.97/debian/grub.postinst > > @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ > > +#!/bin/sh > > + > > +if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; th

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-19 Thread Robert Millan
Besides ... On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 05:30:29PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > At the last Ubuntu Developer Summit, it was decided that we should > do something about this for Ubuntu 8.04.[1] ... notwithstanding what Ubuntu Developer Summit decides about their own bussiness ... > Since grub2 is

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 05:30:29PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > --- grub-0.97.orig/debian/grub.postinst > +++ grub-0.97/debian/grub.postinst > @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ > +#!/bin/sh > + > +if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then > + if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "0.97-29.1"; then > + update

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-17 Thread Steve Langasek
Package: grub Version: 0.97-29 Severity: wishlist User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usertags: origin-ubuntu ubuntu-patch hardy Hi guys, Given bugs like #460177, I'm sure you're well aware that the current update-grub behavior causes no small amount of consternation for users who don't notice the magic comm