[Bug 443326] Re: Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy grub

[Marcus Tomlinson]

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

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Title:
  Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy
  grub

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: update-manager

  This system was updated online to Karmic from 9.04, leaving the legacy
  grub in place (0.97-29ubuntu45).

  When I ran Update Manager today, one of the listed upgrades was for
  grub-common (version 2) - as follows:

  Changes for the versions:
  1.97~beta3-1ubuntu6
  1.97~beta3-1ubuntu7

  Version 1.97~beta3-1ubuntu7:

    * debian/grub-common.init: /boot/grub/grubenv sometimes seems to end up
      zero-sized for some reason. If it is, just delete it (LP: #439784).

  I'm not sure what files are involved, other than possibly
  /boot/grub/grubenv, but this seems inappropriate for a system which is
  using the legacy grub. The upgrade program should detect the fact that
  the legacy grub is installed, and leave it alone, unless the files
  being updated are appropriate for the 0.97 grub.

  ProblemType: Bug
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Oct  5 10:37:39 2009
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
  Package: update-manager 1:0.125.6
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.38-generic
  SourcePackage: update-manager
  Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

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