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Colin,
There's no reliable way to tell whether GRUB is installed in an MBR or not-
This seems unlikely. I am sure a "best Guess" could be made, at which point a confirmation question could be asked.
About asking for confirmation each time- Yes I can see this may cause problems
Abut creating a copy- I think this is an urgent, graceful solution (particularly as MBR is small), and should be put in place.
I would support this bug being marked critical, as it is an upgrade which breaks an install of multiple systems which can take a long time to restore.