Bug#465144: menu.lst: wrong default entry 0saved

[Michael Biebl]

Robert Millan wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 01:08:48AM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
>> Robert Millan wrote:
>>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 11:25:45PM +0100, Michael Biebl wrote:
>>>> Package: grub-pc
>>>> Version: 1.96+20080209-1
>>>> Severity: normal
>>>>
>>>> After installing grub-pc, I got the option to chainload grub2 from
>>>> /boot/grub/menu.lst, which I chose.
>>>>
>>>> I use
>>>> default saved
>>>> in /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>>> After the installation this entry was changed to
>>>> default 0saved
>>>> which is obviously wrong.
>>> How does GRUB Legacy react to this oddity?
>>>
>> The saved default boot entry will not be selected. It falls back to boot
>> the first boot entry.
> 
> That is the intended behaviour.  When you uninstall grub-pc, is menu.lst
> restored to a sane state?  (either "default 0" or "default saved")
> 

I had re-run dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc and disabled the chain-loading.
Now rerunning dpkg-reconfigure grub-pc and enabling chain-loading again
doesn't update /boot/grub/menu.lst. So I can't tell if menu.lst is
restored to a sane state after removing grub-pc.
What I can tell though is that uninstalling grub-pc leaves *a lot* of
cruft in /boot/grub/.

I'm not sure, if the chain-loading idea is so great. I'd rather have
/boot/grub cleaned up from any grub legacy cruft, everything imported
into grub2 and simply make grub2 bullet proof, so the chain-loading
workaround is no longer necessary. Would seem to be a cleaner solution
to me.

Cheers,
Michael
-- 
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universe are pointed away from Earth?

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