On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 08:29:34PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 06:40:44PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 09:33:26PM +0200, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > > > Here is a list of files that are known to be shared by both packages > > > (according to the Contents file for sid/amd64, which may be > > > slightly out of sync): > > > > > > etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub > > > etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub > > > > Is there are particular compelling reason why this files needs to be > > duplicated in all grub-* packages, instead of residing in > > grub(2)-common? They are not even different from each other. > > No answer is also an answer. So there is no real reason.
After a week? Sometimes people are busy. Your inference is invalid. > > Given that it seems like this conflict is the only reason why two > > variants are not cross-installable. > > Attached is a patch to move the two files to grub2-common. I intend to > upload this in a few days. While I acknowledge that this bug is RC, it isn't an emergency and I don't think you need to do this. I will consider your patch but have been busy on a project at work that has a deadline of Wednesday, so please hold off as if this patch is wrong it will be complicated to unwind properly. I promise I'll look at it ASAP after Wednesday. -- Colin Watson [[email protected]]
