On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 04:12:58PM +0000, T o n g wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:57:04 -0700, Freeman wrote: > > >> I don't want Grub2/Grub-PC, etc, but get upgraded to it. Now > >> I can't go back, because grub-common is listed as a dependency of grub- > >> legacy. But the grub-common package has been upgraded for use with > >> version 2 only. > >> > > I posted this past week about grub-common confusion that turned a simple > > legacy install into a long session. Grub-common rides in with legacy > > and makes an /etc/grub.d directory and scatters files all over the > > /boot/grub directory, including grub.cfg . But then it just sits there > > and tries to look like Grub-PC is installed. > > Yes, I saw that. In fact, you can see that my words are borrowed from > yours, :-) Just that I wasn't sure of the solution. >
Right, missed that. Good choice of words. :-) ... > > FYI, I hate grub-common messing up with my /boot/grub and /etc/grub.d > directory, so I'll use 'equivs' to create a dummy packages to circumvent > such silly package dependencies. > > equivs - Circumvent Debian package dependencies > > "This package provides a tool to create Debian packages that only > contain dependency information". > Noted, and thanks. I learn more than just one thing daily on this list. (Which is easy given my starting point.) -- Kind Regards, Freeman http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100329174726.ga27...@europa.office