Bug#606755: grub2 - incomplete debconf template ?

Martin Eberhard Schauer Martin.E.Schauer at gmx.de
Sat Dec 11 17:06:55 UTC 2010


> podebconf-display-po may be buggy here.  The template in question reads
> as follows:
>
> Template: grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst
> Type: boolean
> Default: true
> #flag:translate!:6
> _Description: Chainload from menu.lst?
>  GRUB upgrade scripts have detected a GRUB Legacy setup in /boot/grub.
>  .
>  In order to replace the Legacy version of GRUB in your system, it is
>  recommended that /boot/grub/menu.lst is adjusted to load a GRUB 2 boot
>  image from your existing GRUB Legacy setup. This step can be automatically
>  performed now.
>  .
>  It's recommended that you accept chainloading GRUB 2 from menu.lst, and
>  verify that the new GRUB 2 setup works before it is written to the MBR
>  (Master Boot Record).
>  .
>  Whatever your decision, you can replace the old MBR image with GRUB 2
>  later by issuing the following command as root:
>  .
>  upgrade-from-grub-legacy
>
> The #flag bit explicitly excludes "upgrade-from-grub-legacy" from
> translation, because it should be the same when translated anyway.  Are
> you sure that this isn't just podebconf-display-po getting it wrong?
>   
Dear Colin,
thank you for the fast response. As I didn't investigate other files
than the po file and got an explanation I suggest closing the bug.

Kind regards
      Martin





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