[Bug 816411] Re: dpkg warnings during update-grub - version number does not start with a digit

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  dpkg warnings during update-grub - version number does not start with
  a digit

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Hey

  I had some "vmlinuz-foo" kernels in /boot which were picked up by grub in the past; now they still get picked up, but there's a dpkg warning when update-grub runs during upgrades:
  dpkg: error: mauvaise syntaxe de la version «%off%»%: version number does not start with a digit
  dpkg: error: mauvaise syntaxe de la version «%on%»%: version number does not start with a digit
  (the actual kernels were /boot/vmlinuz-on and -off)

  It's likely the result of dpkg being stricted about accepted version
  numbers, and "on" and "off" not being acceptable version numbers.

  This doesn't seem to cause any issue apart of the error message,
  kernels still seem to be picked up.

  Cheers,

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: grub-pc 1.99-8ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-7.8-generic 3.0.0
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-7-generic x86_64
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Tue Jul 26 15:21:11 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR:fr:en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/zsh
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2009-12-07 (595 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.default.grub: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.default.grub: 2011-02-23T17:12:46.706405

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