Public bug reported:
I just dug through branch ~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/trusty/grub2/trusty
(revision 2363) and found that GRUB still creates all lowercase labelled
UEFI boot menu entries (see attached photo).
I think one of the following lines in util/grub-install.in is the
culprit:
bootloader_id="$(echo "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | cut -d'
' -f1)"
and almost at the end of the file:
efibootmgr $efi_quiet -c -d "$efidir_disk" -p "$efidir_part" -w \
-L "$bootloader_id" -l "\\EFI\\$efi_distributor\\$efi_file"
The label (-L "$bootloader_id") should probably be set by another
variable that is set to "Ubuntu" or something more descriptive that
looks polished and sophisticated along with the other entries (e.g.
Windows Boot Manager).
I know this is pure cosmetics and functionality should be above good
looks.
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Attachment added: "IMG_20140224_104827.jpg"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1284038/+attachment/3994083/+files/IMG_20140224_104827.jpg
** Description changed:
I just dug through branch ~ubuntu-core-dev/ubuntu/trusty/grub2/trusty
(revision 2363) and found that GRUB still creates all lowercase labelled
UEFI boot menu entries (see attached photo).
I think one of the following lines in util/grub-install.in is the
culprit:
- bootloader_id="$(echo "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | cut -d'
+ bootloader_id="$(echo "$GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR" | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | cut -d'
' -f1)"
and almost at the end of the file:
- efibootmgr $efi_quiet -c -d "$efidir_disk" -p "$efidir_part" -w \
- -L "$bootloader_id" -l "\\EFI\\$efi_distributor\\$efi_file"
+ efibootmgr $efi_quiet -c -d "$efidir_disk" -p "$efidir_part" -w \
+ -L "$bootloader_id" -l "\\EFI\\$efi_distributor\\$efi_file"
- The label should probably be set by another variable that is set to
- "Ubuntu" or something more descriptive that looks polished and
- sophisticated along with the other entries (e.g. Windows Boot Manager).
+ The label (-L "$bootloader_id") should probably be set by another
+ variable that is set to "Ubuntu" or something more descriptive that
+ looks polished and sophisticated along with the other entries (e.g.
+ Windows Boot Manager).
I know this is pure cosmetics and functionality should be above good
looks.
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Title:
grub-install.in creates all lowercase labelled UEFI boot menu entries,
which makes it look unpolished
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