Bug#606755: grub2 - incomplete debconf template ?
Martin Eberhard Schauer
Martin.E.Schauer at gmx.de
Sat Dec 11 17:06:55 UTC 2010
> podebconf-display-po may be buggy here. The template in question reads
> as follows:
>
> Template: grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst
> Type: boolean
> Default: true
> #flag:translate!:6
> _Description: Chainload from menu.lst?
> GRUB upgrade scripts have detected a GRUB Legacy setup in /boot/grub.
> .
> In order to replace the Legacy version of GRUB in your system, it is
> recommended that /boot/grub/menu.lst is adjusted to load a GRUB 2 boot
> image from your existing GRUB Legacy setup. This step can be automatically
> performed now.
> .
> It's recommended that you accept chainloading GRUB 2 from menu.lst, and
> verify that the new GRUB 2 setup works before it is written to the MBR
> (Master Boot Record).
> .
> Whatever your decision, you can replace the old MBR image with GRUB 2
> later by issuing the following command as root:
> .
> upgrade-from-grub-legacy
>
> The #flag bit explicitly excludes "upgrade-from-grub-legacy" from
> translation, because it should be the same when translated anyway. Are
> you sure that this isn't just podebconf-display-po getting it wrong?
>
Dear Colin,
thank you for the fast response. As I didn't investigate other files
than the po file and got an explanation I suggest closing the bug.
Kind regards
Martin
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