Bug#480254: grub-pc: post-install fails with grub linux cmdline (leaning toothpics)

[Jason Thomas]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.96+20080429-1
Severity: normal


When I set the grub linux cmd line through debconf the post.install
script fails with the following error. The install script fails to pull
my old linux cmd line from menu.lst, so I typed it in.


my linxu cmd line is "root=/dev/hdc1 ro"


sed: -e expression #1, char 40: unknown option to `s'


+ db_get grub-pc/linux_cmdline
+ _db_cmd 'GET grub-pc/linux_cmdline'
+ IFS=' '
+ printf '%s\n' 'GET grub-pc/linux_cmdline'
+ IFS='
'
+ read -r _db_internal_line
+ RET='root=/dev/hdc1 ro'
+ case ${_db_internal_line%%[   ]*} in
+ return 0
+ '[' 'root=/dev/hdc1 ro' == fillme ']'
+ '[' 'root=/dev/hdc1 ro' '!=' '' ']'
+ sed -i /etc/default/grub -e
's/^\(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX\)=.*/\1="root=/dev/hdc1 ro"/g'
sed: -e expression #1, char 40: unknown option to `s'
+ db_set grub-pc/linux_cmdline ''
+ _db_cmd 'SET grub-pc/linux_cmdline' ''
+ IFS=' '
+ printf '%s\n' 'SET grub-pc/linux_cmdline '
+ IFS='



-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/hdc1 / reiserfs rw 0 0
/dev/hdc1 /dev/.static/dev reiserfs rw 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/hda
(hd1)	/dev/hdc
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by /usr/sbin/update-grub using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=0
set timeout=5
set root=(hd1,1)
if font (hd1,1)/usr/share/grub/unicode.pff ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  terminal gfxterm
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod png
if background_image (hd1,1)/usr/share/images/desktop-base/debian-blueish-wallpaper-640x480.png ; then
  set color_normal=black/black
  set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
  set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
  set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/10_hurd ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-1-686" {
	linux	(hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-1-686 root=/dev/hdc1 ro 
	initrd	(hd1,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.25-1-686 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	(hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-1-686 root=/dev/hdc1 ro single 
	initrd	(hd1,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.25-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-1-686" {
	linux	(hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hdc1 ro 
	initrd	(hd1,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.24-1-686 (single-user mode)" {
	linux	(hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 root=/dev/hdc1 ro single 
	initrd	(hd1,1)/boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.24-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]    1.5.21          Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common              1.96+20080429-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                    2.7-10          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  liblzo1                  1.08-3          data compression library (old vers
ii  libncurses5              5.6+20080503-1  Shared libraries for terminal hand

grub-pc recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
* grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true