Bug#578576: grub-pc: Option to never automatically run update-grub

[Harald Braumann]

Package: grub-pc
Version: 1.98-1
Severity: wishlist

Please provide an option, so that update-grub is never run automatically.
Not on update, nor on kernel installation. It should be possible to manage
grub.cfg manually.

I can already opt to not install grub automatically, but update-grub is called
unconditionally.

Reasons:
- Every other update makes my system unbootable. I don't want this automatism. I'd
  like to be in control.
- I want to have different kernel command lines for different kernels. update-grub
  doesn't support this.
- I want to decide which is the default kernel. Just that a new kernel has a higher
  version doesn't mean it should become the default.
- I have systems installed on USB drives. If I update grub-pc there, I don't want
  all kernels that happen to be on the host installed in grub.cfg

Cheers,
harry


-- Package-specific info:

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33.2-hb (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages grub-pc depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.30     Debian configuration management sy
ii  grub-common                   1.98-1     GRand Unified Bootloader, version 
ii  libc6                         2.10.2-6   Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  ucf                           3.0025     Update Configuration File: preserv

grub-pc recommends no packages.

Versions of packages grub-pc suggests:
pn  desktop-base                  <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information excluded