A user may wish to use an image that is not sorted as the "latest"
version as the top-level entry. For example, in Arch Linux, if a user
has the LTS and regular kernels installed, `/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts`
gets sorted as the "latest" compared to `/boot/vmlinuz-linux`. However,
a user may wish to us
On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 03:35:32 -0700, Denton Liu wrote:
> A user may wish to use an image that is not sorted as the "latest"
> version as the top-level entry. For example, in Arch Linux, if a user
> has the LTS and regular kernels installed, `/boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts`
> gets sorted as the "latest"
Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:35:32 -0700 Denton Liu :
> A user may wish to use an image that is not sorted as the "latest"
> version as the top-level entry.
Correct.
What is really required is some form of file pattern matching and to use --id=
in "menuentry title" commands.
That way one can have the
Hi Olaf,
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 01:12:35PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> Mon, 17 Oct 2022 03:35:32 -0700 Denton Liu :
>
> > A user may wish to use an image that is not sorted as the "latest"
> > version as the top-level entry.
>
> Correct.
>
> What is really required is some form of file patter
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:57:36 -0700 Denton Liu :
> If I'm understanding correctly, what you're proposing is a mechanism for
> setting the default entry. If I'm not mistaken, this seems like an
> orthogonal discussion to me. My patch proposes a method of setting the
> top-level menu entry while this me
Hi Olaf,
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 04:18:21PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> I think this can be done already today. At least YaST offers a way to select
> a specific item in a submenu and pass it to grub-set-default. This leads to
> an entry like this in grubenv:
Right, we currently offer the abili
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 04:18:21PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> Tue, 18 Oct 2022 06:57:36 -0700 Denton Liu :
>
> > If I'm understanding correctly, what you're proposing is a mechanism for
> > setting the default entry. If I'm not mistaken, this seems like an
> > orthogonal discussion to me. My patc
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:53:32 -0700 Denton Liu :
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 04:18:21PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> > Maybe the patch description lacks a specific example how the proposed
> > change is supposed to be used in your environment.
> My patch description says:
> Introduce the GRUB_TO
Hi Olaf,
On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 05:13:06PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
> After reading the patch again, the newly added documentation states:
> "This option should be a path to a kernel image."
>
> I think it needs to be more specific: is it expecting an absolute path, or
> just the basename of t
Fri, 21 Oct 2022 20:53:36 -0700 Denton Liu :
> Thanks for the feedback, it should be an absolute path. I can submit a
> new version of the patch later. However, before I do so, are you still
> a NAK on the general idea?
It is not clear to me how useful it will be in practice.
In the end I have no
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