merge Grub2 1.96+20080704-2 from debian unstable main

[Shirish Agarwal]

Binary package hint: grub2

Hi all,
 merge to Debian unstable main.

This is the Debian changelog

http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/g/grub2/grub2_1.96+20080704-2/changelog

 grub2 (1.96+20080704-2) unstable; urgency=high

   * patches/02_old_linux_version_comparison.diff: Set interpreter to /bin/bash.
     (Closes: #489426, #489446)

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Mon, 7 Jul 2008 15:17:58 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080704-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * New SVN snapshot.
   * default/grub: Add commented example to disable graphical terminal.
   * Use substvars to support linking with liblzo1.
   * Bring 03_disable_floppies.diff to pre-r805 state. (Closes: #488375)
   * patches/02_old_linux_version_comparison.diff: New patch. Steal version
     comparison code from GRUB Legacy's update-grub. (Closes: #464086, #489133)
   * patches/00_speed_up_font_load.diff: New patch. Generate font files with
     only the needed characters. (Closes: #476479, #477083)

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Fri, 4 Jul 2008 21:39:07 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080626-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * New CVS snapshot.
     - Avoids passing UUID to Linux when not using initrd. (Closes: #484228)
     - patches/04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely.diff: Resync.

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:43:48 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080621-1) unstable; urgency=high

   * Urgency set to "high" because of #482688.
   * New CVS snapshot.
     - Fix module load hook in prepare_grub_to_access_device().
       (Closes: #486804)
     - Call prepare_grub_to_access_device() before accessing devices, never
       afterwards. (Closes: #487198)
   * grub.d/05_debian_theme: Prefer /boot/grub over /usr for image
     loading, since chances are it's less LVMed.

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:52:48 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080617-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New CVS snapshot.
     - Supports IDA block devices. (Closes: #483858)
     - Fixes some problems in ext2/ext3. (Closes: #485068, #485065)
     - Uses EUID instead of UID in update-grub. (Closes: #486043, #486039,
       #486040, #486041).
     - Fixes incomplete I2O device support. Thanks Sven Mueller.
       (Closes: #486505)
     - Fixes recent regressions in fs/ext2.c. (Closes: #485279)
     - Only use UUIDs when requested device is not the same as the one
       providing /boot. (Closes: #486119)
     - patches/02_libgcc_powerpc_hack.diff: Remove. Probably not needed
       anymore.
     - patches/04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely.diff: Update.
   * patches/06_olpc_prefix_hack.diff: Hardcode prefix to (sd,1) on OLPC.
   * Refurbish 03_disable_floppy_support_in_util_biosdisk.diff into
     03_disable_floppies.diff.

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:07:52 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080601-2) unstable; urgency=low

   * 04_run_grub_mkdevicemap_when_grub_probe_fails.diff: Remove. Argueably
     makes grub-probe unreliable and is quite annoying.
   * 04_uuids_and_abstraction_dont_play_along_nicely.diff: New patch. Disable
     UUID parameter to Linux when LVM or dmRAID is in use. (Closes: #484228)
     This is a workaround for bug #484297 in udev.

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:29:53 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080601-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New CVS snapshot.
     - patches/06_backward_compat_in_uuid_support.diff: Merged.
     - Fixes NULL pointer dereference in biosdisk.c. (Closes: #483895, #483900)
     - Extends UUID support for XFS and ReiserFS.

 -- Robert Millan <email address hidden> Sun, 1 Jun 2008 15:44:08 +0200
grub2 (1.96+20080531-1) unstable; urgency=low

   * New CVS snapshot.
     - Work around BIOS bug affecting keyboard on macbooks. (Closes: #482860)
     - Adjust grub.d/05_debian_theme to use the new UUID-compatible API.
     - default/grub: Add commented GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID variable.
     - patches/06_backward_compat_in_uuid_support.diff: New. Make update-grub
       generate code that is compatible with older GRUB installs.
     - util/biosdisk.c no longer complains about duplicated device.map entries.
       (Closes: #481236)

   [ Updated translations ]
   * Galician (gl.po) by Jacobo Tarrio (Closes: #480977)

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

The package currently has some Ubuntu changes, so it will need a merge instead of a sync.