diff -Nurp grub-0.97.orig/debian/update-grub grub-0.97/debian/update-grub
--- grub-0.97.orig/debian/update-grub	2007-09-04 10:33:46.000000000 +0200
+++ grub-0.97/debian/update-grub	2007-09-04 10:45:27.000000000 +0200
@@ -861,6 +861,8 @@ memtest86=$(GetMenuOpt "memtest86" "$mem
 # Extract the updatedefaultentry option
 updatedefaultentry=$(GetMenuOpt "updatedefaultentry" "$updatedefaultentry")
 
+# If user had "saved" but not yet a "savedefault" option set in his menu file
+grep -q "^default.*saved" $menu && savedefault=true
 # Extract the savedefault option
 savedefault=$(GetMenuOpt "savedefault" "$savedefault")