Bug#460571: grub-pc: On upgrade, does not configure Windows entries in menu grub.cfg

[Robert Millan]

severity 460571 wishlist
retitle 460571 automated migration of menu.lst static entries
thanks

On Sun, Jan 13, 2008 at 05:39:09PM +0000, Peter Hicks wrote:
> Package: grub-pc
> Version: 1.95+20080107-1
> Severity: important
> 
> After upgrading and replacing grub with grub-pc, I found no menu entry for
> Windows XP appeared in the new list - although the other Linux kernel
> entries and memtest86+ were correctly added.

Migration of static entries is not supported at all at the moment.  I might
give it a try, but it's certainly not prioritary.

The problem with attempting to do this automaticaly (asides from the technical
difficulty of handling all corner cases when parsing menu.lst), is that user
will have no idea where did her manual entries go, so in the end it isn't as
simple and transparent as one may think.

Maybe it's better to just issue a debconf note explaining the situation.

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Robert Millan

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