[Bug 470490] Re: [MASTER] Grub does not update menu.lst when it was hand-edited (so it defaults to old 2.6.28 kernel after upgrade to ubuntu 9.10 from 9.04): add 'help' details to debconf prompt

[Rolf Leggewie]

lucid has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any
updates. Marking the lucid task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".

** Changed in: grub (Ubuntu Lucid)
       Status: Triaged => Won't Fix

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Title:
  [MASTER] Grub does not update menu.lst when it was hand-edited (so it
  defaults to old 2.6.28 kernel after upgrade to ubuntu 9.10 from 9.04):
  add 'help' details to debconf prompt

Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in grub source package in Lucid:
  Won't Fix

Bug description:
  Release notes for this issue can be found at
  <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KarmicKoala/ReleaseNotes#GRUB%20menu.lst:%20install%20the%20maintainer%27s%20version%20vs.%20keep%20the%20local%20version>.  If running 'sudo update-grub' does not add a boot entry to /boot/grub/menu.lst for the Ubuntu 9.10 kernel (2.6.31), please follow the instructions there.

  I just upgraded 9.04 to 9.10

  System still boots the old kernel 2.6.28-13-generic instead of current
  one 2.6.31..

  If I run reinstall of linux-image for 2.6.13 then grub says it updated
  menu.lst, but it did not.

  Lets look:

  uname -a
  Linux lcwood 2.6.28-13-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jun 30 22:12:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  [...]
  Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
  Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
  [...]
  Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic
  Found kernel: /vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic
  Found kernel: /memtest86+.bin
  Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done
  [...]

  And then:

  root at lcwood:~# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst | grep 31
  root at lcwood:~#
  so nothing.

  Attaching full output of installer on reinstall, and full menu.lst
  after that.

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