Kernel update question

[Mario Guenterberg]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 05:11:25PM -0700, Jim Smith wrote:
> When I got the latest kernel update to 2.6.28-14.46 today I noticed the
> following message:
> 
> "Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
> Your /etc/kernel-img.conf needs to be updated. Read grub's NEWS.Debian[1]
> file and follow its instructions.
> 
>  1. /usr/share/doc/grub/NEWS.Debian.gz"
> 
> I read the above and am confused. It refers to Debian Etch, is that not
> their unstable/testing release? It is dated 2006, should it not have
> already been incorporated? Finally it asks the user to edit config files
> which is OK with Debian but sort of goes against what Ubuntu is about.
> Should not this change be done by the kernel installer script?
> 
> It also seems to be a minor, low priority thing. I would be interested
> to find out more about this from the users.
> 

Hi

it is unimportant for what Debian version the NEWS.Debian.gz refers.
Import is the content of the /etc/kernel.img.conf file. I think you
has it edited by hand or your system runs with dist-upgrades since
5.04 ;-)

The must look like the following:

do_symlinks = yes
relative_links = yes
do_bootloader = no
do_bootfloppy = no
do_initrd = yes
link_in_boot = no
postinst_hook = update-grub
postrm_hook   = update-grub

The relevant lines are the postinst_hook and postrm_hook for the
dpkg post installation and post remove process.

Greetings
Mario

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