Reopening as this obviously isn't quite right even though I'm prepared to justify the current behaviour (along similar lines as Phillip). Phillip, I'd prefer it if you left Won't Fixing to somebody who uploads the package in question.
Possible solutions: * you could use debconf preseeding - there's no reason you should need to see the prompt if you already know the answer, because debconf supports preseeding an answer in its database before upgrading * we could have the canonical location of this answer be somewhere on the filesystem rather than somewhere in the debconf database, which is arguably required by policy anyway ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist ** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix => Triaged -- grub-pc should add debconf hook to update grub-pc/install_devices when using grub-install manually https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/668396 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs