Public bug reported:
A behavior of grub-pc.config does not allow to reach "replacing config
file with new version", as shown below in a session listing:
# echo grub-pc grub2/linux_cmdline string acpi=force elevator=deadline | debconf-set-selections
# dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive grub-pc
Replacing config file /etc/default/grub with new version
Installation finished. No error reported.
Generating grub.cfg ...
...
The problematic code introduced in http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/precise/grub2/precise/revision/31/debian/grub-pc.config (lines 24-38)
(where it overwrites preseeded values in debconf database with call to db_set):
if test -e /etc/default/grub ; then
. /etc/default/grub
db_set grub2/linux_cmdline "$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX"
db_set grub2/linux_cmdline_default "$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT"
case grub-pc in
grub-pc)
if [ "${GRUB_TIMEOUT}" != "" ]; then
db_set grub-pc/timeout "$GRUB_TIMEOUT"
fi
if [ "${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}" != "" ]; then
db_set grub-pc/hidden_timeout true
elif egrep -q '^#?[[:space:]]*GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=' /etc/default/grub; then
db_set grub-pc/hidden_timeout false
fi
;;
esac
fi
Commenting it out makes the above example in listing to work.
I dont understand the purpose to update debconf preseed values with those from config file.
(assuming db has these already calibrated before adding into db with 'interactive' backend)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: grub-pc 1.99-21ubuntu3.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 15 21:04:37 2012
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=ru_RU
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug package-from-proposed precise third-party-packages
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1090768
Title:
grub-pc.config prevents replacing with new config file contents
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
A behavior of grub-pc.config does not allow to reach "replacing config
file with new version", as shown below in a session listing:
# echo grub-pc grub2/linux_cmdline string acpi=force elevator=deadline | debconf-set-selections
# dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive grub-pc
Replacing config file /etc/default/grub with new version
Installation finished. No error reported.
Generating grub.cfg ...
...
The problematic code introduced in http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/precise/grub2/precise/revision/31/debian/grub-pc.config (lines 24-38)
(where it overwrites preseeded values in debconf database with call to db_set):
if test -e /etc/default/grub ; then
. /etc/default/grub
db_set grub2/linux_cmdline "$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX"
db_set grub2/linux_cmdline_default "$GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT"
case grub-pc in
grub-pc)
if [ "${GRUB_TIMEOUT}" != "" ]; then
db_set grub-pc/timeout "$GRUB_TIMEOUT"
fi
if [ "${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}" != "" ]; then
db_set grub-pc/hidden_timeout true
elif egrep -q '^#?[[:space:]]*GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=' /etc/default/grub; then
db_set grub-pc/hidden_timeout false
fi
;;
esac
fi
Commenting it out makes the above example in listing to work.
I dont understand the purpose to update debconf preseed values with those from config file.
(assuming db has these already calibrated before adding into db with 'interactive' backend)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: grub-pc 1.99-21ubuntu3.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-35.55-generic 3.2.34
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-35-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Dec 15 21:04:37 2012
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=ru_RU
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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