[Bug 428443] Re: There should be a way to hide the menu in os-prober

[laulau]

it's a regression !
and this bug is still there today, in recent ubuntu and mint releases.
fix is very easy, there is no need to force the menu display when using os_prober.
if you choose it from /etc/default/grub variables, it should not be overridden.

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Title:
  There should be a way to hide the menu in os-prober

Status in elementary OS:
  Opinion
Status in grub:
  Unknown
Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub2

  In some cases, it might be desirable to hide the boot menu even if
  other OS are discovered. For instance in Wubi case, the grub menu is
  shown after the windows one, so it becomes confusing.

  GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT could be used to specify that the menu has to be
  hidden or possibly some other variable could be used to that effect.

  --- 30_os-prober.orig	2009-09-12 11:12:24.000000000 +0100
  +++ 30_os-prober	2009-09-12 11:32:57.000000000 +0100
  @@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
   found_other_os=
   
   adjust_timeout () {
  -  if [ "x${found_other_os}" = "x" ] ; then
  -    if [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}" != "x" ] ; then
  +  if [ "x${found_other_os}" = "x" ] || [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT}" != "x" ] ; then
         if [ "x${GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET}" = "xtrue" ] ; then
   	verbose=
         else
  @@ -54,7 +53,6 @@
   fi
   EOF
         fi
  -    fi
     fi
   }

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