Bug#532653: grub2: debconf extracts only the first command argument to the linux kernel from /boot/grub/menu.lst

[Felix Zielcke]

Am Mittwoch, den 10.06.2009, 18:21 +0200 schrieb Michael Stapelberg:
> Package: grub2
> Version: 1.96+20090317-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> When installing grub2, one is first asked whether to chainload grub, afterwards which arguments should be configured
> for the linux kernel. In the last question, the text field only shows the first argument, in my case
> acpi_sleep=s3_bios, but the arguments afterwards (usbcore.autosuspend=1 rootfstype=ext4) are not shown.
> 
> Given that mostly experienced users will install grub2 i’m filing this bug as severity: normal, however for
> example the rootfstype=ext4 option would prevent my system from booting if not specified.

I just tried it out myself, but with the current experimental version.
It worked fine. I had `x=y a=b c=d' appended to kopt in menu.lst then
installed grub2 and choose to chainload it and /etc/default/grub had all
parameters and also the generated grub.cfg.
The part in the postinst which changes the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
in /etc/default/grub has been last modified on 6th May and this only to
escape / and \
So are you sure that this was with 1.96+20090317-1 and not some earlier
version?


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Felix Zielcke