Bug#551915: Set default stanza by some keyword, not number

[Andrei Popescu]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta4-1
Severity: wishlist

Hello,

I now have kernel 2.6.29, 2.6.30 and also want to try out 2.6.31-trunk, 
but I'm still booting 2.6.29 due to #532005. I would be nice if I could 
specify something like

GRUB_DEFAULT="2.6.29"

and then the script(s) would generate the correct number for the
'set default=X' directive.

Regards,
Andrei

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa / ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,data=journal 0 0
/dev/sda7 /var ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=journal 0 0
/dev/sda2 /home ext3 rw,noatime,errors=continue,data=journal 0 0
/dev/sda5 /home/amp/big ext3 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,errors=continue,data=journal 0 0
*********************** END /proc/mounts

*********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map
(hd0)	/dev/sda
*********************** END /boot/grub/device.map

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
set default=2
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
  set gfxmode=640x480
  insmod gfxterm
  insmod vbe
  if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
    # For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
    # understand terminal_output
    terminal gfxterm
  fi
fi
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,6)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa
insmod png
if background_image /boot/grub/moreblue-orbit-grub.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_linux ###
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,6)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64 root=UUID=ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,6)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30-2-amd64 root=UUID=ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,6)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=UUID=ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,6)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29-2-amd64 root=UUID=ad376964-ae82-4b02-ae57-6348eb0c6efa ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows Vista (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
	insmod ntfs
	set root=(hd0,1)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 40fc11ccfc11bcda
	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=ro_RO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.28       Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta4-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                       2.10.1-1     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0024       Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
ii  desktop-base                  5.0.5      common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  genisoimage                   9:1.1.9-1  Creates ISO-9660 CD-ROM filesystem

-- debconf information:
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline:
* grub-pc/linux_cmdline:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet