[Bug 21412] Re: Default update-grub behaviour is not intuitive with respect to user modifications

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 09:56:25PM -0000, Steve Langasek wrote:
> This bug has been fixed in hardy, in grub version 0.97-29ubuntu7 and
> above:
> 
> grub (0.97-29ubuntu7) hardy; urgency=low
> 
>   * debian/update-grub: use ucf to record changes to the autogenerated
>     kernel list
> 
> It is still advisable that boot options for other operating systems such
> as Windows be added outside the "automagic kernels list" markers, but
> going forward users will receive a debconf warning from update-grub if
> the update will overwrite local changes.

This is certainly an improvement, but it seems to always trigger on the
first upgrade to 0.97-29ubuntu7 or later, even if the file hasn't been
modified.  Is it possible to fix that, so that it's silent unless the user
actually modifies the file?

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 - mdz

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Default update-grub behaviour is not intuitive with respect to user modifications
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/21412
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