Re: Sarge questions on aptitude and GRUB

From: Colin (cwvca_SPAMNOT_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/19/04

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    Sridhar M.A. wrote:
    > On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:24:35AM +0000, Chris Lale wrote:
    > > On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 09:26, Mauro Darida wrote:
    > > > Some questions on coming Sarge release:
    > > > 1. I know GRUB will be the default: will make-kpkg support it?
    > >
    > > Yes. When you compile a kernel it updates grub's menu.lst automatically.
    > >
    > Is it? On my machine, it has not done that. I use make-kpkg to build my
    > own kernels. It has never touched my /boot/grub/menus.lst for putting
    > any entry.
    >
    > Regards,
    >

    I changed my /etc/kernel-img.conf to look like this:

    # Do not create symbolic links in /
    do_symlinks = no
    postinst_hook = /sbin/update-grub
    postrm_hook = /sbin/update-grub
    do_bootloader = no 

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