On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:49:06 -0500 (EST), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > What's the status of LILO with upgrades and new installs > WRT the upcoming Stable release? I am not the Debian package maintainer; so this is not an official answer. But I will tell you what I do know. The Debian lilo package is now maintained by Joachim Wiedorn (who is now also the upstream maintainer) and Matt Arnold. lilo will be included with Squeeze. The current version in testing is 1:22.8-10. There are no release-critical bugs at this time.
> WRT distribution upgrades, will it be automatically replaced > by a version of grub, or will it be left alone? I don't know for sure, but I've never seen a release upgrade replace a boot loader. And I have no reason to suspect it will this time. Install a newer version, yes. But, say, change lilo to grub2? I doubt it. > If we want > to keep the version we already have, will we need to pin it? If for some reason you want to keep the current version, the easiest solution is to simply put it on hold. For example, aptitude hold lilo > > WRT new installs, is LILO even an option? I haven't done a new install of Squeeze in over six months; but as far as I know, the Debian installer has not removed lilo as a boot loader option. Somebody please correct me if that is no longer the case. lilo is being actively maintained, both upstream and in Debian. There are currently no plans to remove it. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2037434036.574057.1296787382549.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
