On Tue, Aug 28, 2001 at 10:27:48PM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote: > 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 ?
No. SILO itself doesn't not need to be rerun when installing new kernels. It's not like LILO, and all boot loaders are different. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
