On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 08:04:51PM +0200, j...@hkfree.org wrote: > Hello, > I am using Debian GNU/Linux as my primary system. As a loader I am using GRUB. > Actually I have upgraded to GRUB2. I don't know, if it was feature of original > (legacy) GRUB or it was functionality provided by debian scripts > (update-grub), > for generating menu.lst. There was feature - howmany. This option specifies > number of kernels, that user wants to have in boot menu. Script, that modifies > menu.lst, use this variable. I like this feature, because I have usually more > kernels, but I want to see only last two versions in GRUB menu. I have created > patch, that add support for this to /etc/grub.d/10_linux. I have created this > patch against version shipped with Debian (1.97~beta3-1) - I don't know if > there are some Debian specific modifications. Also there should be variable > GRUB_HOW_MANY propagated from /etc/default/grub (my patch don't do > this). > Kernel and it's rescue variant is counted as one kernel. > > I have already reported this bug to Debian BTS: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548600
Does anyone else think we want an option for this? It seems like "feature creep". -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
