From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbh6z-0004QM-H6 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:41:25 -0400 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbh6y-0004Pd-4O for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:41:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbh6t-0004NZ-HG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:41:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39340 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mbh6t-0004NS-Ab for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:41:19 -0400 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:59764 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mbh6s-0007JQ-VL for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:41:19 -0400 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mbh6o-0000Vw-QG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:41:17 +0200 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mbh6m-0005yX-1x for grub-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:41:12 +0200 Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 22:41:12 +0200 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20090813204112.GI22130@thorin> References: <20090812152508.GZ11691@riva.ucam.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090812152508.GZ11691@riva.ucam.org> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: grub.cfg and core.img getting out of sync 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: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:41:24 -0000 On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 04:25:09PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > I'm having persistent problems with grub.cfg and core.img getting out of > sync. The usual pattern is: > > * Some shiny new feature appears in core.img > * We extend grub-mkconfig to use it > * User runs update-grub but not grub-install (historically a perfectly > sane thing to do, and indeed basically standard practice) > * grub either falls over at boot or does something odd > > This just bit me again today, and if it bites me it's going to bite the > users of the packages I upload too. Generally, we make grub-mkconfig generate code that is backward compatible. Can you give more details on why it wasn't this time? Also, it's probably a good idea to always run grub-install at the same time as update-grub. Latest version of the Debian package includes a debconf template to run grub-install every time the package is upgraded. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."