Bug#545153: grub-pc: please allow "as-is" entries somehow in /etc/grub.d/

[Norbert Preining]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.97~beta2-2
Severity: normal

Currently adding a custom entry to grub.cfg it seems that I have to
write a shell script that does nothing else but echoing to stdout
some static entry.

That is a pain. Normally .d directories should contain config snippets,
or at least allow for config snippets, not for shell scripts generating
thos snips.

Thanks

-- Package-specific info:

*********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts
/dev/disk/by-uuid/961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 / ext3 rw,noatime,errors=remount-ro,user_xattr,data=writeback 0 0
/dev/sda2 /xp fuseblk rw,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,blksize=4096 0 0
/dev/loop0 /media/TLDVD iso9660 ro,relatime 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=0
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
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=(hd0,3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
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 2.6.31-rc8" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-rc8 root=UUID=961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-rc8
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31-rc8 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-rc8 root=UUID=961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-rc8
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31-rc7" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-rc7 root=UUID=961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-rc7
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.31-rc7 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-rc7 root=UUID=961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-rc7
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=UUID=961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 ro  quiet
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30
}
menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.30 (recovery mode)" {
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,3)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30 root=UUID=961635f4-762d-4136-a3d5-35fca8e4f3d8 ro single 
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.30
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" {
	linux	/boot/memtest86+.bin
}
menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" {
	linux	/boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8
}
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###

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

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file is an example on how to add custom entries
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
*********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg

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

Kernel: Linux 2.6.31-rc8 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]       1.5.27       Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                 1.97~beta2-2 GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                       2.9-26       GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  ucf                         3.0021       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:
* grub2/linux_cmdline:
* grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true
  grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false
  grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet
* grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/sda