** Description changed: Binary package hint: grub2 When dist-upgrading a usb-creator USB system, grub gives very bad advice about where to install the updated grub, and then fails when the USB partitions are specified. + + SRU justification: + + Impact: Significant confusion. It's (probably) possible to get this + upgrade to do the right thing, but it's certainly not obvious. + + Development branch: Fixed in grub2 1.99~rc1-1ubuntu1 with a pair of + fixes, both straightforwardly backportable: + + * If we're upgrading and /boot/grub/core.img doesn't exist, then don't ask + where to install GRUB, since it probably means we're in some kind of + specialised environment such as a live USB stick (LP: #591202). + * Drop the default priority of grub2/linux_cmdline to medium. We only + need to ask it if we're upgrading from GRUB Legacy and found an empty + kopt in menu.lst (LP: #591202). + + Patch: + http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/lucid/grub2/lucid/revision/1981?compare_revid=1978 + http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/maverick/grub2/maverick/revision/2050?compare_revid=2047 + + TEST CASE: Create a live USB stick from 10.04.1 or 10.10 as released. + Upgrade the grub-pc package to the current version. The version + currently in lucid-updates (1.98-1ubuntu9) and the version currently in + maverick-updates (1.98+20100804-5ubuntu3) should ask confusing questions + as described in the original report; the new version should install + noninteractively, should not generate /boot/grub/core.img, and should + not affect the system's current boot loader arrangements. + + Regression potential: It would be worth testing normal system upgrades + (not on a live USB stick) to ensure that they still work properly. In + particular, the timestamp of /boot/grub/core.img should be updated when + upgrading the grub-pc package.
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