[Bug 571407] Re: Grub 1.97 doesn't parse the 1.98 grub.cfg correctly

[Phillip Susi]

Karmic reached end of life some time ago, so I am closing this report.
If this happens when dual booting supported releases, please update and
reopen.


** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Grub 1.97 doesn't parse the 1.98 grub.cfg correctly

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  The Karmic Grub 1.97 presumably reads and adds entries from the Lucid
  grub.cfg if a dual-boot environment where Lucid also has Grub is
  present.

  However the title style in Grub 1.98 is not correctly interpreted by
  Grub 1.98

  My Lucid grub.cfg has this entry:
  ###
  menuentry 'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
  	recordfail
  	insmod ext2
  	set root='(hd0,8)'
  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fb383abf-f92a-4cda-aedf-12b766728743
  	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic-pae root=UUID=fb383abf-f92a-4cda-aedf-12b766728743 ro   quiet splash
  	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic-pae
  }
  ###

  However when update-grub from Grub 1.97 reads it it adds this to the
  Karmic grub.cfg:

  ###
  menuentry "'Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-21-generic-pae' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { (on /dev/sda8)" {
  	insmod ext2
  	set root=(hd0,8)
  	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fb383abf-f92a-4cda-aedf-12b766728743
  	linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic-pae root=UUID=fb383abf-f92a-4cda-aedf-12b766728743 ro quiet splash
  	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic-pae
  }
  ###

  This resulting in that the whole menuentry string, including the
  --class ubuntu, etc. will be visible as the title in the boot menu.

  This can hardly be intended.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Apr 28 20:12:47 2010
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: grub-pc 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.1
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-20.58-generic-pae
  SourcePackage: grub2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-20-generic-pae i686

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