Bug#432873: update-grub doesn't reset GREP_OPTIONS and fails

[Tobias McNulty]

I also have this problem in etch.  Tracking down what this was took us a
long time and some big headaches, but now I have 'export
GREP_OPTIONS=""' near the top of /usr/sbin/update-grub and it works fine.

Can we get this fixed in Debian?



calliope:~# echo $GREP_OPTIONS
--color=always
calliope:~# update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
grep: Unmatched [ or [^
grep: Invalid range end
grep: Invalid range end
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-freq1000
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_freq1000}: bad
substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_5_686}: bad
substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_5}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_4_686}: bad
substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18_4}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6_18}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2_6}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m_2}: bad substitution
/usr/sbin/update-grub: line 578: ${kopt_01;31m}: bad substitution
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

calliope:~# export GREP_OPTIONS=""
calliope:~# update-grub
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-freq1000
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686
Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-686
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

-- 
Tobias McNulty
Caktus Consulting Group, LLC
P.O. Box 1454
Carrboro, NC 27510
(919) 951-0052
tobias at caktusgroup.com
http://www.caktusgroup.com