[Bug 735133] [NEW] FFE: Upgrade os-prober from 1.42 to 1.44 to properly support Haiku & Gentoo kernels

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You have been subscribed to a public bug by Martin Pitt (pitti):

I am requesting a freeze exception to upgrade the os-prober from 1.42 to
1.44 in Natty. Ubuntu does not have any patches from the Debian
upstream. The attached debdiff is a relatively small bugfix and will
enable better support for Haiku & Gentoo dual-booters.


Original bug description:

Grub2 OS prober only finds kernels named
vmlinu[xz].*

Kernels named differently are not written to /boot/grub/grub.cfg

Some distros provide instructions to name kernels differently, Eg. Gentoo "kernel-...."
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=7

Ubuntu's Grub2 install does not detect these kernels unless renamed

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: grub2 (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-6.34-generic 2.6.38-rc7
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-6-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Mar 14 21:15:33 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub2
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2010-12-01 (103 days ago)

** Affects: os-prober
     Importance: Unknown
         Status: Fix Released

** Affects: os-prober (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Confirmed


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty
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FFE: Upgrade os-prober from 1.42 to 1.44 to properly support Haiku & Gentoo kernels
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/735133
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