Grub update on 9/06/2010 failed to inform user of change to boot config

[rupert]

Binary package hint: grub

My laptop updated grub recently, this is the package it updated:

grub-common (1.98-1ubuntu6) to 1.98-1ubuntu7~ppa1
grub-pc (1.98-1ubuntu6) to 1.98-1ubuntu7~ppa1

In karmic and previous versions, whenever grub was updated, you would get a window asking you if you wanted to keep your old version of menu.lst or use the new one. However, on this update, I got no such message, it just completed as any normal update would.

However, on reboot, my default Grub boot configuration had been changed. Previously, before the update, I had configured it via /etc/default/grub to show no menu and boot straight into Ubuntu (even though I only have one OS, on installing Lucid (upgrade from Karmic) by default, Grub would show the Grub boot menu...). On reboot those changed I had made had been reverted and Grub was now showing the Boot menu again. I had to go in and edit /etc/defaujlt/grub again and then run update-grub. So, I am presuming the update changed my /etc/default/grub without telling or asking me.

Since grub is such an important part of Ubuntu, the user should be told and asked if the default config file, which is user editable can be overwritten. If people have unusual OS layouts, this could be disastrous.....

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: grub (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-22.36-generic 2.6.32.11+drm33.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-22-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jun 11 23:34:11 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: grub

[dino99 (9d9)]

Closing that outdated report as EOL has been reached long time ago