[Bug 476822] [NEW] Installs old grub on grub2 karmic systems, breaks update-grub

[Steven Wagner]

*** This bug is a security vulnerability ***

Public security bug reported:

Binary package hint: grub-choose-default

Problem:  All I did was install  grub-choose-default  from the Ubuntu
Software Center. No warning about what was going to be installed came
up.  I quickly discovered that  update-grub was no longer functional,
and after investigation and logs I found that the old grub package had
been installed as a dependency from grub-choose-default.

CRITICAL:  grub  overwrites  update-grub  from  grub-pc, making further
grub.cfg updates not possible.

Fix: Uninstall  grub-choose-default from the ubuntu software center, and
then manually remove the old grub pkg from the command line. Then do a
reinstall of the grub2 (grub-common   and   grub-pc ).  Now the correct
update-grub has been restored.

** Affects: grub-choose-default (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Visibility changed to: Public

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Installs old grub on grub2 karmic systems, breaks update-grub
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/476822
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