Bug#341538: update-grub duplicates existing splashimage entry everytime it is run

Martin Steigerwald Martin at Lichtvoll.de
Thu Dec 1 09:23:37 UTC 2005


Package: grub
Version: 0.97-1
Severity: minor

Hello,

I tried grub 0.97-1 from unstable yesterday. Before I had 
0.95+cvs20040624-19 from Etch.

While trying out grub 0.97 (see bug # ) I ran update-grub
several times. It told me that is found splash image but
will use the previous default. Curious on what will happen
when I remove my previous setting I removed my previous
setting and tried again. But update-grub still insisted
that I have a previous default set.

Well later I found out why: It duplicated the splashimage
entry lots of times in the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST and
I removed only my own entry before that AUTOMAGIC KERNELS 
LIST.

Needless to say it shouldn't do that ;-)

Regards,
Martin

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.           
default		0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout		5

# Set colors for foreground and background:
# (RRGGBB, in hex)
#
# These are optional it will still work without them
#
foreground  = ffffff
background  = 000000

# The splash image location (doesn't need to be the root partition, BTW,
# since grub can read your filesystem):
#
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
password --md5 [...]

#
# examples
#
# title		Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root		(hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader	+1
#
# title		Linux
# root		(hd0,1)
# kernel	/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST


### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hda5 ro resume=/dev/hda7

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,4)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery mode) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## ## End Default Options ##

splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz
splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splashimages/debsplash.xpm.gz

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14.2-tp23
root		(hd0,4)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14.2-tp23 root=/dev/hda5 ro resume=/dev/hda7 
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14.2-tp23 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,4)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14.2-tp23 root=/dev/hda5 ro resume=/dev/hda7 single
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-2-686
root		(hd0,4)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-2-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro resume=/dev/hda7 
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-2-686
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.14-2-686 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,4)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-2-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro resume=/dev/hda7 single
initrd		/boot/initrd.img-2.6.14-2-686
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.13.4-tp23
root		(hd0,4)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13.4-tp23 root=/dev/hda5 ro resume=/dev/hda7 
savedefault
boot

title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.13.4-tp23 (recovery mode)
root		(hd0,4)
kernel		/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.13.4-tp23 root=/dev/hda5 ro resume=/dev/hda7 single
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# OpenSUSE
title OpenSUSE
    kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0x314 splash=verbose desktop resume=/dev/hda7 showopts
    initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd


# OpenSUSE (Failsafe)
title OpenSUSE (Failsafe)
    kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=normal noresume nosmp 
noapic maxcpus=0  3
    initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd

# Windows 2000    
title Windows 2000
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    makeactive
    chainloader +1

# FreeDOS
title FreeDOS
    rootnoverify (hd0,2)
    makeactive
    chainloader +1  

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14.2-tp23
Locale: LANG=de_DE at euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE at euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)

Versions of packages grub depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-8    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libncurses5                   5.5-1      Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information




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