Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: grub2
Hello!
$ sudo apt-get --purge --fix-policy dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
grub-pc*
The following NEW packages will be installed:
grub
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 406kB of archives.
After this operation, 1348kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ^C
That is, there's some policy wrong, such that grub (GRUB legacy) is
preferred over grub-pc (GRUB2).
(See <http://bugs.debian.org/578020> / the link in there for --fix-
policy.)
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release: 10.04
$ apt-cache policy grub-pc
grub-pc:
Installed: 1.98-1ubuntu5
Candidate: 1.98-1ubuntu5
Version table:
*** 1.98-1ubuntu5 0
500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Regards,
Thomas
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-21.31-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 16 08:40:19 2010
SourcePackage: grub2
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug i386 lucid
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installation policy suggests grub over grub-pc
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/564447
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