On Wed, 2011-06-22 at 11:33 +0800, YunQiang Su wrote: > When update to grub-pc 1.99-8, it write my MBR, then I report a bug. > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=631224 > > and Colin Watson <cjwat...@debian.org> tell me that it's a new feature. > Y, it maybe, he tell to install grub-pc-bin only, but this package has > no kernel hook even. > > Here is my suggestion: > make 3 packages: > one calls upgrade-grub and grub-install; > one calls only upgrade-grub. > one calls nothing. > and, the second one should be the default.
More packages means more user confusion. And the first behaviour is definitely the correct default, as installing a boot loader package almost always means you want to install the boot loader in the boot sector. What is your use case for the second behaviour? > Don't do it like M$. Oh, grow up. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm always amazed by the number of people who take up solipsism because they heard someone else explain it. - E*Borg on alt.fan.pratchett
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