Update-manager tries to install grub-2 update on system with legacy grub
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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grub2 (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: update-manager
This system was updated online to Karmic from 9.04, leaving the legacy grub in place (0.97-29ubuntu45).
When I ran Update Manager today, one of the listed upgrades was for grub-common (version 2) - as follows:
Changes for the versions:
1.97~beta3-1ubuntu6
1.97~beta3-1ubuntu7
Version 1.97~beta3-
* debian/
zero-sized for some reason. If it is, just delete it (LP: #439784).
I'm not sure what files are involved, other than possibly /boot/grub/grubenv, but this seems inappropriate for a system which is using the legacy grub. The upgrade program should detect the fact that the legacy grub is installed, and leave it alone, unless the files being updated are appropriate for the 0.97 grub.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Oct 5 10:37:39 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Package: update-manager 1:0.125.6
PackageArchitec
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
SourcePackage: update-manager
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686
This sort of error would especially be a problem for someone updating with apt-get or aptitude, without carefully examining the list of updates.