[Bug 802127] [NEW] Natty GRUB creates multiple entries for older versions of Ubuntu on the same computer

[Shriramana Sharma]

Public bug reported:

I installed Natty on my two laptops and for some reasons I additionally
installed Maverick on one Laptop and Lucid on the other both alongside
the Natty installations on separate partitions.

Note that the GRUB is Natty GRUB only, I chose not to install GRUB when
doing the Maverick/Lucid installs.

What happens is that on both systems the Natty GRUB os-prober churns out
four or five entries for the older Ubuntu installation. Please find
attached a copy of my grub.cfg. I have to manually edit
/boot/grub/grub.cfg to remove the superfluous entries.

Please fix it so that GRUB doesn't create additional entries.

** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Natty GRUB creates multiple entries for older versions of Ubuntu on
  the same computer

Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I installed Natty on my two laptops and for some reasons I
  additionally installed Maverick on one Laptop and Lucid on the other
  both alongside the Natty installations on separate partitions.

  Note that the GRUB is Natty GRUB only, I chose not to install GRUB
  when doing the Maverick/Lucid installs.

  What happens is that on both systems the Natty GRUB os-prober churns
  out four or five entries for the older Ubuntu installation. Please
  find attached a copy of my grub.cfg. I have to manually edit
  /boot/grub/grub.cfg to remove the superfluous entries.

  Please fix it so that GRUB doesn't create additional entries.

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