grub: new changes from Debian require merging
Bug #25312 reported by
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Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
grub (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
New changes from Debian require merging into Ubuntu.
Some, if not all, of this work has been done automatically;
however the changes should be reviewed before signing and
uploading.
The new source package, along with various patches to aid
your review are available at:
http://
In particular see the REPORT file for details.
If this is the first time you have received one of these
bugs, or are just unsure what to do, see:
http://
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grub (0.97-1ubuntu1) dapper; urgency=low
* Resynchronise with Debian. compile. diff for now; it causes configure to fail with
* Drop Nathaniel McCallum's nonaltoptions patch, done differently in
Debian (as defoptions); added migration code to deal with old Ubuntu
menu.lst files.
* Drop Matthew Garrett's stage 2 drive fallback patch, since upstream has
implemented a different solution which appears to address essentially
the same problem.
* Generated debian/control once from debian/control.in using
type-handling, but continue to avoid the build-dependency on
type-handling; the generated debian/control is in the source package.
* Disable fix_amd64_
"GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils".
-- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:00:45 +0000
grub (0.97-1) unstable; urgency=low
* New upstream release: (closes: #303967) .diff: dropped; not needed; strings_ remove. diff: dropped, merged upstream; current_ color.diff: dropped, merged upstream; grub-set- default. diff: dropped, not needed; subfunc. diff: dropped, not needed; patches/ fix_amd64_ compile. diff: Added. Ensure that we build in max_address. diff: added. This change the max address help.diff: added. Add documentation about
Patches:
- 2gb_limit.diff: resync;
- kfbsd_chainload
- fwritable-
- console_
- xsi_mkbimage.diff: dropped, merged upstream;
- smp-imps.diff: dropped, not needed;
- revert_
- savedefault.diff: disabled, don't apply anymore; (reopen: #195833)
- static_
Fixes:
- Fallback to a sane console if fail to set graphical mode; (closes: #267224)
* Doesn't output a error when no kernel is installed. (closes: #336730)
* Make update-grub output consistent. (closes: #336729)
* Applied patch from Antonio Kanouras <email address hidden>
to remove bashism from update-grub and allow it to run with
dash. (closes: #337145)
* Add a watch file to be easier to identify upstream releases
* debian/
64bit mode in x86_64 arch. (closes: #337288)
* Start to use automake1.9 when building.
* Applied patch from Marco Amadori <email address hidden> to
document, in menu.lst, to avoid _default saved_ option in case of
being use dmraid.
* Applied patch from Jason Thomas <email address hidden> to give a example
how to use kernel options to specific kernel version. (closes: #338371)
* Applied patches from Andrew Stribblehill <email address hidden> and Tony
Mancill <email address hidden> to fix grub-floppy to don't falsely
reports "stage1" as missing. (closes: #288678)
* Applied patch from Free Ekanayaka <email address hidden> to allow custom
title name in menu.lst. (closes: #298110, #138318)
* Applied patch from Georg Wittenburg <email address hidden> to
allow specific options to default entry. (closes: #266101)
* Fix documentation installing. (closes: #339687)
* Clean the source code. (closes: #340656)
* Patches stolen from other vendors:
- [SuSE] initrd_
to host initrd image and add a safe default value in case of failure;
- [Fedora] splashimage_
splashimage option; (closes: #200269)
- [Fedora] grub-i...