Bug#597084: Whats the status of this bug?

[Aaron Thomas]

Linux kernel and many other packages inside very commonly used chroots 
like openvz run update-grub as part of the installation process.  I use 
it to maintain package installations on hundreds of servers 
simultaneously.  Not being able to install any packages in the chroot 
because the post install script calls update-grub and update-grub FAILS 
is not good.