Bug#464086: grub-pc: update-grub should sort rc kernels after released kernels

[Robert Millan]

On Sat, Feb 16, 2008 at 04:21:46PM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:17:19PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> > > I noticed a minor regression in grub-pc's update-grub command compared
> > > to the one shipped by grub. In my menu.lst, the entries are arranged in
> > > the following order:
> 
> I am vary if I would call it "minor".  And update-grub from grub-pc
> should provide the same sorting order like GRUB Legacy at least for now.
> IMHO.

update-grub is now an upstream component.  From that POV, providing the same
result as Debian's old update-grub is just a bonus, not a requisite.

> But I lack the time at the moment to reflect about "proper" sorting
> rules.  It is just very, very annoying that 2.6.24rc8 is booted instead
> of 2.6.24 proper which has all the modules installed through m-a.

I don't think your request is unreasonable, but I don't think this is the
right place to discuss it.  I certainly don't want to add a divergence from
upstream over such kind of details.

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Robert Millan

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