[Mageia-dev] [packages-commits] [226393] Migrate grub bootsplash params to new style: 'splash quiet' rather than 'splash=silent' (mga#3430)

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Luc Menut at 25/03/12 20:55 did gyre and gimble:
> Le 25/03/2012 19:08, Colin Guthrie a écrit :
>> 'Twas brillig, and Luc Menut at 25/03/12 17:35 did gyre and gimble:
>>> Le 25/03/2012 17:45, root at mageia.org a écrit :
>>>> Revision
>>>>      226393
>>>> Author
>>>>      colin
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>
>>>> +%triggerpostun backend -- drakxtools-backend<   14.1-2
>>>> +if [ -w /boot/grub/menu.lst ]; then
>>>> +  if grep -q splash= /boot/grub/menu.lst; then
>>>> +    echo"Migrating kernel commandline bootsplash arguments in grub"
>>>> +    sed -i 's/ splash=silent / splash quiet /;s/ splash=silent$/
>>>> splash quiet/;s/ splash=verbose / /;s/ splash=verbose$//;'
>>>> /boot/grub/menu.lst
>>>> +  fi
>>>> +fi
>>>> +
>>>
>>> IIUC this script, you update splash=silent&  splash=verbose in
>>> /boot/grub/menu.lst for all the lines.
>>> What happens if we have entries for mga1 or other distros in the same
>>> grub menu.lst ?
>>> Aren't you going to break all these entries with such update?
>>>
>>> Personaly, I use the same /boot/grub/menu.lst for mga 1 and cauldron.
>>
>> Yeah, good point.
>>
>> Any suggestions on how to do this more gracefully?
> 
> Nope.
> 
> Is this trigger needed for an upgrade mga1->mga2? or is it only for
> cauldron update?
> If it's only for cauldron, I think that it would be safer to drop the
> trigger.

Yeah, it's needed for mga1 -> mga2 upgrade.

Col



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