retitle 742267 Avoid adding extlinux config when using grub2 severity 742267 minor tag 742267 - moreinfo thanks
On Mon, 3 Nov 2014 15:05:41 +0100 Petter Reinholdtsen <[email protected]> wrote: > [Neil Williams] > > I didn't make that clear. If grub2 installs and configures cleanly > > (versions in jessie and later), then extlinux is not configured by > > vmdebootstrap. > > As you can see from other bug reports, I've tested the grub2 support, > and when fixing bug #767913 it is working fine for me. So the problem > this bug is about, not being able to upgrade the kernel in a > vmdebootstraped installation, using grub is an OK solution. :) > > I still believe extlinux should handle upgrades, but do not care much > as I will use grub as soon as bug #767913 is fixed. > > BTW, extlinux is still configured by vmdebootstrap. If this is not > intended, the code in the install_grub2() function need to be changed > to drop extlinux if grub installed as it should. That gets awkward because extlinux *is* needed alongside grub2 for wheezy. Once Wheezy is oldstable, I'll change change this so that using grub2 excludes all extlinux support. If there is a demand, I can consider a backport to wheezy before uploading that version. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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