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grub2 package

  1. Bug #1868138
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Comment 1 for bug 1868138

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C de-Avillez (hggdh2) wrote :

This is a regression

Marking triaged, easily reproducible:

*BEFORE* dist-upgrade:

1. edit /etc/default/grub
2. change GRUB_COMLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT from:
     GRUBCMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
   to:
     GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet \"
splash"
3. run a dist-upgrade

Expected result: update-grub/install completes successfully

Actual result: update-grub fails (or apt fails), because /etc/default/grub now has a mangled GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
splash"

I am setting importance to medium because it will only impact users with continuation lines.