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<H1>[Mageia-dev] [packages-commits] [226393] Migrate grub bootsplash params to new style: 'splash quiet' rather than 'splash=silent' (mga#3430)</H1>
<B>Colin Guthrie</B>
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<PRE>'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 25/03/12 20:56 did gyre and gimble:
><i> 'Twas brillig, and Luc Menut at 25/03/12 20:55 did gyre and gimble:
</I>>><i> Le 25/03/2012 19:08, Colin Guthrie a écrit :
</I>>>><i> 'Twas brillig, and Luc Menut at 25/03/12 17:35 did gyre and gimble:
</I>>>>><i> Le 25/03/2012 17:45, <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">root at mageia.org</A> a écrit :
</I>>>>>><i> Revision
</I>>>>>><i> 226393
</I>>>>>><i> Author
</I>>>>>><i> colin
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>><i> [...]
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>>><i>
</I>>>>>><i> +%triggerpostun backend -- drakxtools-backend< 14.1-2
</I>>>>>><i> +if [ -w /boot/grub/menu.lst ]; then
</I>>>>>><i> + if grep -q splash= /boot/grub/menu.lst; then
</I>>>>>><i> + echo"Migrating kernel commandline bootsplash arguments in grub"
</I>>>>>><i> + sed -i 's/ splash=silent / splash quiet /;s/ splash=silent$/
</I>>>>>><i> splash quiet/;s/ splash=verbose / /;s/ splash=verbose$//;'
</I>>>>>><i> /boot/grub/menu.lst
</I>>>>>><i> + fi
</I>>>>>><i> +fi
</I>>>>>><i> +
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>><i> IIUC this script, you update splash=silent& splash=verbose in
</I>>>>><i> /boot/grub/menu.lst for all the lines.
</I>>>>><i> What happens if we have entries for mga1 or other distros in the same
</I>>>>><i> grub menu.lst ?
</I>>>>><i> Aren't you going to break all these entries with such update?
</I>>>>><i>
</I>>>>><i> Personaly, I use the same /boot/grub/menu.lst for mga 1 and cauldron.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Yeah, good point.
</I>>>><i>
</I>>>><i> Any suggestions on how to do this more gracefully?
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Nope.
</I>>><i>
</I>>><i> Is this trigger needed for an upgrade mga1->mga2? or is it only for
</I>>><i> cauldron update?
</I>>><i> If it's only for cauldron, I think that it would be safer to drop the
</I>>><i> trigger.
</I>><i>
</I>><i> Yeah, it's needed for mga1 -> mga2 upgrade.
</I>
I guess the regexp could look for:
\(vmlinuz\( \|-3.3[^ ]*\) .*\) splash=silent
But that might not catch some variations.
I'd be tempted to say "sod it" as per Thierry's message. I guess chain
loading grubs is maybe more common on dual setups?
Col
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