So the context you miss is that os-prober runs each time update-grub runs on the system still.
The use case here is a highly unusual setup where another OS is directly installed to a LUKS partition instead of using LVM on top of LUKS, and one needs to balance whether this is a feature we care about as Ubuntu specifically or not, or whether this would be better addressed upstream. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/530252 Title: os-prober fails to recognize linux installations with crypted root partition To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/os-prober/+bug/530252/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs