Bug#572301: why not check for syntax errors BEFORE they lock one out of ones computer

2010-03-16 Thread BVK Chaitanya
Yes, this is the idea of grub-script-check. It is yet to be integrated grub-mkconfig process. It would be added by next release. -- bvk.chaitanya -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debia

Bug#572301: why not check for syntax errors BEFORE they lock one out of ones computer

2010-03-02 Thread jidanni
X-debbugs-cc: bug-g...@gnu.org Package: grub-common Version: 1.98~experimental.20100120-1 File: /usr/bin/grub-script-check I have an idea, why not run grub-script-check when grub.cfg is made, $ grub-script-check /boot/grub/grub.cfg; echo $? syntax error 1 That way the user would be aware that if