On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 02:43:47 +0000 (UTC) Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote:
> Mike Gilbert posted on Mon, 25 Jun 2012 12:56:25 -0400 as excerpted: > > > On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:19 AM, Doug Goldstein <car...@gentoo.org> > > wrote: > >> Since Grub Legacy and Grub 2 are slotted, Portage won't remove the > >> older version. Even if it removes the older one, everything > >> necessary is installed into /boot and the MBR already. > > > > Portage will remove the older slot the next time the user runs > > emerge --depclean unless sys-boot/grub:0 is added to the world > > file. I'm looking for a good way to communicate this to the user. > > > > How about this: For ~arch, we do an ewarn in pkg_postinst if grub:0 > > is installed. For stable, we do a news item. > > Here's a bit of a different idea: > > Changing the bootloader is really a profile level change. If > appropriate grub2-defaulted new profiles are created, and the old > ones set to specify grub:0 as their default bootloader and then > deprecated, this will automatically both provide the appropriate > upgrade preparation required hint, and allow users to upgrade on > their own schedule during the usual profile deprecation period. No-no-no. I don't want profiles suddenly installing grub on my system. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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