startupmanager should not directly edit /boot/grub.cfg

[Alessio Gaeta]

Binary package hint: startupmanager

As per summary.
With grub2 (grub-pc), startupmanager should modify /etc/default/grub and/or /etc/grub.d/40_custom or create a new file under /etc/grub.d/ to override previous settings (i.e. 39_startupmanager or 41_startupmanager); then should exec update-grub.
This way, startupmanager would be much modular and cleaner.

[Jimmy Rönnholm (jronnholm)]

Agreed, im going to fix this when i get the time

[Scott Kitterman (kitterman)]

Not wishlist. This is a policy violation that it is critical to fix.

[Jimmy Rönnholm (jronnholm)]

Great to get that confirmed, that means i can rely on update-grub behaviour this time around?
No messing around with it trying to be clever and not applying changes since it thinks something has been hand-edited before?

[The Fiddler (stapostol)]

What is the status of this issue?

[Mike_F (mf90250)]

Bumping this bug, if appropriate here.

The original request is still valid, namely to add functionality to maintain a s-u-m unique script in grub.d.
I would elaborate and suggest that s-u-m should allow toggling between an s-u-m crafted menu and the one created by update-grub.

I do this manually today by copying the menuentry blocks from grub.cfg into 40_custom, etc. but many Ubuntu users shouldn't have to track down/learn all of the idiosyncracies of GRUB2 internals.

Bottom line - we want to produce a customized, friendlier boot menu for our specific circumstance.
Example - my computer illiterate relatives don't care about the Ubuntu version number and should be informed exactly which flavor of Windows is also present.

TIA!

[Mantas Kriaučiūnas (mantas)]

Startup-manager is not maintained anymore, developer suggest to user another tool - Grub Customizer, which works correctly and doesn't edit grub.cfg directly,
Official webpage and downloads are available at https://launchpad.net/grub-customizer

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

This package has been removed from Ubuntu. Closing all related bugs.