On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 02:12:49AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Package: memtest86
> Version: 2.6-1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> hi.
> 
> when installing memtest86, the postinst could grep /etc/lilo.conf for
> /boot/memtest86.bin and, if found, offer to run lilo.
> just an idea.

Right.  Probably other booloaders could be handled as well.  Such a
mechanism is already implemented by kernel-package, I don't know how easy it
could be reused.  Maybe this could be turned into a somewhat generic API to
bootloaders.

How do others feel ?

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