Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-22 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 01:43:41PM +, Steve Langasek wrote: You can't autorun update-grub in Legacy GRUB. People will yell at you. Why would that be, aside from the very bug that this is trying to fix? It doesn't matter. We gave users the promise that they can disable update-grub by

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-21 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Robert, On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 12:47:46PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 05:30:29PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: --- grub-0.97.orig/debian/grub.postinst +++ grub-0.97/debian/grub.postinst @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +if [ $1 = configure ]; then + if dpkg

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-19 Thread Robert Millan
Besides ... On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 05:30:29PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: At the last Ubuntu Developer Summit, it was decided that we should do something about this for Ubuntu 8.04.[1] ... notwithstanding what Ubuntu Developer Summit decides about their own bussiness ... Since grub2 is

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 05:30:29PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: --- grub-0.97.orig/debian/grub.postinst +++ grub-0.97/debian/grub.postinst @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +#!/bin/sh + +if [ $1 = configure ]; then + if dpkg --compare-versions $2 lt-nl 0.97-29.1; then + update-grub + fi

Bug#461367: grub: please use ucf for managing user changes to menu.lst

2008-01-17 Thread Steve Langasek
Package: grub Version: 0.97-29 Severity: wishlist User: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Usertags: origin-ubuntu ubuntu-patch hardy Hi guys, Given bugs like #460177, I'm sure you're well aware that the current update-grub behavior causes no small amount of consternation for users who don't notice the magic