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FS#10577 - Misleading message after grub-gfx update (0.97-7 -> 0.97-8)

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Maciej Sitarz (macieks2) - Tuesday, 03 June 2008, 15:28 GMT
Last edited by Andrea Scarpino (BaSh) - Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 04:57 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category
Status Closed
Assigned To Douglas Soares de Andrade (dsa)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Message from the log file:
[2008-06-03 00:48] warning: /boot/grub/menu.lst installed as /boot/grub/menu.lst.pacnew
[2008-06-03 00:48]
[2008-06-03 00:48] ********************************************************************
[2008-06-03 00:48] You need to run install-grub or grub-install to update grub loader.
[2008-06-03 00:48] ********************************************************************

After doing install-grub /boot/grub/menu.lst is overwritten.
grub-install <boot_device> is the proper command to update grub loader.

Additional info:
* grub-gfx 0.97-8

Steps to reproduce:
update grub-gfx:

# LC_ALL="" pacman -S grub-gfx
warning: grub-gfx-0.97-8 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...

Targets: grub-gfx-0.97-8

Total Download Size: 0.00 MB
Total Installed Size: 0.49 MB

Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
checking package integrity...
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [##############################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading grub-gfx [##############################] 100%

********************************************************************
You need to run install-grub or grub-install to update grub loader.
********************************************************************
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Closed by  Andrea Scarpino (BaSh)
Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 04:57 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  fixed in 0.97-9 by dsa
Comment by Douglas Soares de Andrade (dsa) - Tuesday, 03 June 2008, 16:20 GMT
Hi BaSh,

I will update the message. Thanks for the tip.

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