[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 Colin Guthrie at 25/03/12 20:56 did gyre and gimble:
> '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.

I guess the regexp could look for:

\(vmlinuz\( \|-3.3[^ ]*\) .*\) splash=silent

But that might not catch some variations.

I'd be tempted to say "sod it" as per Thierry's message. I guess chain
loading grubs is maybe more common on dual setups?

Col



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