[Bug 592885] Re: Grub update on 9/06/2010 failed to inform user of change to boot config

[dino99]

Closing that outdated report as EOL has been reached long time ago

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

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Title:
  Grub update on 9/06/2010 failed to inform user of change to boot
  config

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub

  My laptop updated grub recently, this is the package it updated:

  grub-common (1.98-1ubuntu6) to 1.98-1ubuntu7~ppa1
  grub-pc (1.98-1ubuntu6) to 1.98-1ubuntu7~ppa1

  In karmic and previous versions, whenever grub was updated, you would
  get a window asking you if you wanted to keep your old version of
  menu.lst or use the new one. However, on this update, I got no such
  message, it just completed as any normal update would.

  However, on reboot, my default Grub boot configuration had been
  changed. Previously, before the update, I had configured it via
  /etc/default/grub to show no menu and boot straight into Ubuntu (even
  though I only have one OS, on installing Lucid (upgrade from Karmic)
  by default, Grub would show the Grub boot menu...). On reboot those
  changed I had made had been reverted and Grub was now showing the Boot
  menu again. I had to go in and edit /etc/defaujlt/grub again and then
  run update-grub. So, I am presuming the update changed my
  /etc/default/grub without telling or asking me.

  Since grub is such an important part of Ubuntu, the user should be
  told and asked if the default config file, which is user editable can
  be overwritten. If people have unusual OS layouts, this could be
  disastrous.....

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: grub (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Fri Jun 11 23:34:11 2010
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_GB.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: grub

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