[Bug 564853] Re: Spurious conffile prompts for /etc/default/grub

[Daniel Richard G.]

Scott, thank you for providing the script, and the analysis that led to
it. I've run into this issue numerous times but have not been able to
suss out exactly what leads to it such that it can be reproduced.

I've linked a relevant Debian bug, which appears to address the same
issue, and was filed more recently.

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #812574
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=812574

** Also affects: grub2 (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=812574
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Spurious conffile prompts for /etc/default/grub

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in grub2 package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: grub-pc

  This concerns grub-pc 1.98-1ubuntu5 in Lucid beta1 (upgrading from
  1.98-1ubuntu4).

  I have a locally modified /etc/default/grub file. When I upgraded to
  this version of grub-pc, I got the "A new version of configuration
  file /etc/default/grub is available, but the version installed
  currently has been locally modified. What do you want to do about
  modified configuration file grub?" question.

  The problem is, when I look at the diff, it just shows the differences
  between my file, and the way it was originally. In other words, the
  upgraded package does not include any updates to this file; its
  "pristine" copy of /etc/default/grub is the same as the previous
  version's. So I shouldn't even be getting a conffile prompt in the
  first place---as far as the administrator is concerned, nothing has
  changed.

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