On Mon, Nov 02, 2009 at 08:21:51AM +0100, Vincent Danjean wrote: > Xan wrote: > > Sorry. I have not enough skills for doing that. I will thank if anyone > > could do that. > > This kind of script would be very critical (can lead to unbootable system) > and there are *lots* of ways users can change their /etc/fstab and > /boot/grub/menu.lst > It is relatively easy for a installer starting from scratch to write > an initial configuration with UUID. > It is very difficult to write a conversion script that will work in > any case. > > But, perhaps, it would be possible to print a warning pointing on docs > explaining how to do the transition when such a situation is detected ? > [this would also apply to the /dev/hd -> /dev/sd transition]
This is not something for the kernel package to do, though. The current plan is for udev to do that. There is a well-tested upgrade script in Ubuntu 8.04 (and some earlier versions) and that will probably go into Debian's udev for 'squeeze'. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Sturgeon's Law: Ninety percent of everything is crap. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-kernel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
