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and subject line Bug#1110934: Removed package(s) from unstable
has caused the Debian Bug report #222737,
regarding misleading error message (grub-install)
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Package: grub
Version: 0.93+cvs20031021-1
Severity: normal
grub-install's error message can be quite misleading. For example :
# grub-install hd0 # (note missing parens)
Format of install_device not recognized.
The misleading part is the use of the word 'Format' here. I thought it
was referring to the format (ie ext2) of the device itself. A better
word to use is 'Syntax' since the error is the syntax of the parameter
to the command. The message
Syntax of 'install_device' parameter not recognized.
would be a great improvement.
Additionally, errors in the parameters should be caught and reported as
soon as possible. The first time I ran grub-install it took about two
minutes probing the BIOS devices and creating the device map. The
"Format" error noted above wasn't reported until after the two minute
delay. This timing furthered the impression that the error was relating
to the hardware itself, not the command line parameters.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux galileo 2.4.22-custom.1 #1 SMP Mon Dec 1 20:55:27 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.3.20030719-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand
-- no debconf information
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Apologies; this wasn't sent as part of the dak rm action. I'm doing
this by hand. Since this was manual, this opens the chance for me taking
action by mistake.
I got the list of bugs via UDD, and am closing via -close on BCC. I spot
checked about 10 of the bugs, and they're all src:grub. The COUNT
matches the tracker page, so I'm sending this.
If I have closed a bug that's not about bin:grub or src:grub, please do
re-open the bug.
paultag
We believe that the bug you reported is now fixed; the following
package(s) have been removed from unstable:
grub | 0.97-84 | source
grub-legacy | 0.97-84 | amd64, i386
------------------- Reason -------------------
ROM; dead upstream, replaced by grub2
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Note that the package(s) have simply been removed from the tag
database and may (or may not) still be in the pool; this is not a bug.
The package(s) will be physically removed automatically when no suite
references them (and in the case of source, when no binary references
it). Please also remember that the changes have been done on the
master archive and will not propagate to any mirrors until the next
dinstall run at the earliest.
Packages are usually not removed from testing by hand. Testing tracks
unstable and will automatically remove packages which were removed
from unstable when removing them from testing causes no dependency
problems. The release team can force a removal from testing if it is
really needed, please contact them if this should be the case.
We try to close bugs which have been reported against this package
automatically. But please check all old bugs, if they were closed
correctly or should have been re-assigned to another package.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected].
The full log for this bug can be viewed at https://bugs.debian.org/1110934
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Paul Tagliamonte (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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