grub-install command line options incompatible with Debian
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned |
Bug Description
I'm working on creating an autopkgtest-
ERROR: Command failed: chroot /tmp/tmpvsayg7te grub-install --target=i386-pc --no-nvram --force-
b''
b"grub-install: unrecognized option '--force-
I noticed by reading the changelog that grub2 diverges from Debian there, and I don't particularly care about the details. However, having incompatible command lines unnecessarily breaks stuff that works in Debian and would otherwise Just Work in Ubuntu.
So, I would suggest that the --force-
I disagree. This needs to be fixed in Debian as well -- none of the options are crazy hacks, they are taken as explicit decisions meant to fix actual problems that people are having.
I have to rebase the patches for Debian, sure; but I don't think we should leave breadcrumbs around because a test would otherwise fail because of slight differences between Debian and Ubuntu.