From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1MOaqe-0003ng-7T for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:24 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MOaqc-0003mZ-9T for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:22 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MOaqX-0003iW-0L for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:21 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46000 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MOaqW-0003iI-R1 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:16 -0400 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:14758) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_ARCFOUR_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MOaqW-0002Or-E9 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:16 -0400 Received: from unknown (HELO smtprelay2.cesmail.net) ([192.168.1.112]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 08 Jul 2009 13:22:14 -0400 Received: from [192.168.0.22] (static-72-92-88-10.phlapa.fios.verizon.net [72.92.88.10]) by smtprelay2.cesmail.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0BF1834C6A for ; Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:30:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Pavel Roskin To: The development of GRUB 2 In-Reply-To: <20090708153823.GA7367@riva.ucam.org> References: <20090708153823.GA7367@riva.ucam.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:22:12 -0400 Message-Id: <1247073732.2768.3.camel@mj> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.26.3 (2.26.3-1.fc11) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: Configuration option to disable os-prober? X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:22:22 -0000 On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 16:38 +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Hi, > > Some people seem to want to disable os-prober for various reasons (e.g. > they have lots of test installations lying around that they don't > normally want to get in the way, or they don't want installations on > external drives to be included permanently in the boot menu, etc.). Now, > they can just remove the os-prober package, but that doesn't really > scale as other packages are allowed to depend on it too. > > Perhaps we could have a configuration option for this? Patch attached. Fine with me (but I'd like to hear from somebody who actually runs Debian or Ubuntu). Please provide ChangeLog entries for your patches so that nobody has to put words into your mouth. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin