update-grub and kopt / groot lines

[Laurent - CyberSDF]

<citation de="Florian Zeitz">

>> I would suggest either making a separate config file
>> in /etc or taking FreeBSD /etc/default schema, and comparing template
>> menu file in /etc/default with the actual file (possibly hand edited) in
>> the /boot/grub and merging the changes keeping hand edited info.
>>
> This approach is a lot more complicated. If people don't read a comment
> saying "Don't uncomment this." and "This section will be modified if you
> change it just change the things after the comments to make them suite
> your needs". (Not quoting the actual text, but it's obvious meaning)
> They won't read a comment saying "This file will be modified if you
> change it, just change the file /etc/default/grub.conf to your needs".

Hum... IMHO, if a dedicated file exist, if a comment in menu.lst talk
about it and if it's clearly indicate in the update-grub man too it will
more clear.

The problem is there is (too?) many commented lines in menu.lst to see
these ones (especially with a text editor with syntaxic colors).
I talk about my experience on my blog (for french reader :
http://www.cybersdf.org/2006/08/07/195-update-grub-et-automatisation) and
comments show some people forget them too... :-/

The best is maybe a modfication of update-grub by adding verification on
these lines to be sure they are correct ?