Bug#476184: os-prober: Mounted partitions after running update-grub

Robert Millan rmh at aybabtu.com
Fri Apr 18 12:58:35 UTC 2008


clone 476184 -1
retitle -1 move os-prober to Suggests (to avoid trouble with #476184)
reassign 476184 os-prober
thanks

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 07:03:53PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Why did grub-pc decide to use os-prober by default? The benefit seems
> fairly slim for the potential complication and pain.

Users upgrading from GRUB Legacy complained that their old entries for
other OSes weren't preserved.  And there's really no ellegant way to
migrate them.

> I'd suggest that grub-ps only suggest os-prober..

Will do, but it'd be nice if we can find a better solution in long-term.

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