Bug#417598: Displaying the default item without having to edit menu.lst

[Robert Millan]

tags 417598 wontfix
thanks

On Tue, Apr 03, 2007 at 06:08:08PM +0200, Conny Brunnkvist wrote:
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.97-16.1~bpo.1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> If the package included a tiny script that did something like the  
> following:
> 
>   egrep '^(title|default)' /boot/grub/menu.lst | nl -v-1 |  cut -f  
> 1,4 | sed -e's/ *-1\t/Default=/'
> 
> ...then I would surely use it everyday. grub-show-default? :-)
> 
> (Perhaps something similar should be done in the output of "update- 
> grub" as well?)

Our re-implementation of update-grub will be included in the grub2 package
soon.  I believe this will address your concern (since it provides
/etc/default/grub with sane syntax).

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