Bug#602682: grub-pc: on upgrade, endless loop of debconf dialogs ("GRUB failed to install to the following devices")

2010-11-07 Thread Jonathan Nieder
severity 602682 normal retitle 602682 grub-pc: postinst should cope better with broken update-grub quit Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Setting up grub-pc (1.98+20100804-8) ... > sed: -e expression #1, char 1: unknown command: `� My mistake. dash trouble with a development snapshot; downgrading to das

Bug#602682: grub-pc: on upgrade, endless loop of debconf dialogs ("GRUB failed to install to the following devices")

2010-11-07 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Package: grub-pc Version: 1.98+20100804-8 Severity: grave Hi, Happy grub-pc user. But today's upgrade is not going so well: 1. I get a debconf dialog saying GRUB failed to install to the following devices: /dev/sda Do you want to continue anyway? If you do, your comp