Sync grub2 to debian unstable main (1.96+20080228-1)

[Shirish Agarwal]

Binary package hint: grub2

Debian released another release for grub2

http://packages.debian.org/sid/grub2

 grub2 (1.96+20080228-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New CVS snapshot.
   * Split grub-probe into grub-common package. Make all flavours depend on it.
     (Closes: #241972)
   * Suggest multiboot-doc.
   * patches/01_grub_legacy_0_based_partitions.diff: New patch. Add a hack that
     tells grub-probe you want 0-based partition count
     (GRUB_LEGACY_0_BASED_PARTITIONS variable)
   * Stop depending on lsb-release (too heavy! we don't need python in base).
     Instead of assuming it's there, try calling it and otherwise just echo
     Debian.

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:43:40 +0100

[Jisakiel (jisakiel)]

Cited version is already in lenny (testing).

http://packages.debian.org/lenny/grub2

Newer available in sid (unstable):

http://packages.debian.org/sid/grub2

Does not seem to be available in i386 yet. Importance is critical though:

 grub2 (1.96+20080413-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * New CVS snapshot.
     - Provides 30_os-prober update-grub add-on. Thanks Fabian Greffrath.
       (Closes: #461442)
     - Improves robustness when handling LVM.
       (Closes: #474931, #474343)
   * patches/03_disable_floppy_support_in_util_biosdisk.diff: New. Does
     what its name says. (Closes: #475177)

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:53:28 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080408-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New CVS snapshot.
     - grub-probe skips non-existant devices when processing device.map.
     (Closes: #473209)
   * control: Fix syntax error.

   [ Updated translations ]
   * Finnish (fi.po) by Esko Arajärvi (Closes: #468641)

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:45:25 +0200

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[Jisakiel (jisakiel)]

I can assert that (in fact I can assert another version change in debian)

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

Please do not confirm sync requests, unless you are MOTU/in ubuntu-universe-sponsors.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Well, u-u-s wasn't even subscribed, done that now. Just want to add my recommendation for the sync: At this point, grub2 is mostly used for testing, and is rapidly evolving upstream, so it makes sense to ship the most recent version. The latest fixes seems important enough.

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

Also note that the newest debian version is grub2-1.96+20080413-1.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

I also noted that there are currently some Ubuntu changes, so someone has to make a merge or confirm if the changes can be dropped. Please unsubscribe u-u-s meanwhile, and sorry for the inconvenience.

[Kjell Braden (afflux)]

Closing the sync request then.