On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 12:34:51PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 12:51:13AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > Hello! > > > > All grub binaries installed in $prefix/bin and $prefix/sbin start with > > "grub-" except mbchk and update-grub. mbchk is probably not meant to > > be grub specific, but update-grub is. > > > > I think it would be logical to rename update-grub to grub-update. > > Objections? > > I picked this name for historical reasons, since it was aimed at replacing > a Debian-specific script that performed the same functionality. > > Calling it "update-grub" has a big advantage: for many GRUB Legacy users, > when seeing a script called like this they will instantly know what it > does. > > That aside, I agree the name is quite unfortunate. What would you think of > postponing this untill GRUB Legacy has been replaced? It's already a big leap > to migrate from GRUB Legacy to GRUB 2; I suggest we don't make it bigger yet.
On a second thought, this wouldn't be much of an issue if Debian can have its own "update-grub" which wraps around "grub-mkconfig" or whatever you want to call it. Additionally, this would allow us to change the CLI to something that doesn't hardcode /boot/grub/grub.cfg and provides greater flexibility, e.g.: grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg which is also useful for Debian. -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
