[Mageia-dev] [packages-commits] [226393] Migrate grub bootsplash params to new style: 'splash quiet' rather than 'splash=silent' (mga#3430)

[Colin Guthrie]

'Twas brillig, and Luc Menut at 25/03/12 17:35 did gyre and gimble:
> Le 25/03/2012 17:45, root at mageia.org a écrit :
>> Revision
>>     226393
>> Author
>>     colin
> 
> [...]
> 
>>
>> +%triggerpostun backend -- drakxtools-backend<  14.1-2
>> +if [ -w /boot/grub/menu.lst ]; then
>> +  if grep -q splash= /boot/grub/menu.lst; then
>> +    echo"Migrating kernel commandline bootsplash arguments in grub"
>> +    sed -i 's/ splash=silent / splash quiet /;s/ splash=silent$/
>> splash quiet/;s/ splash=verbose / /;s/ splash=verbose$//;'
>> /boot/grub/menu.lst
>> +  fi
>> +fi
>> +
> 
> IIUC this script, you update splash=silent & splash=verbose in
> /boot/grub/menu.lst for all the lines.
> What happens if we have entries for mga1 or other distros in the same
> grub menu.lst ?
> Aren't you going to break all these entries with such update?
> 
> Personaly, I use the same /boot/grub/menu.lst for mga 1 and cauldron.

Yeah, good point.

Any suggestions on how to do this more gracefully?

Col


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