Debian Bug report logs - #81419
kernel-package: grub: add new versions of kernel into boot menu automatically ?

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: dancer@netfort.gr.jp

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: kernel-package: grub: add new versions of kernel into boot menu automatically ?

Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 05:22:31 +0900

Package: kernel-package
Version: 7.20
Severity: wishlist


/boot/grub/menu.lst  should be updated when every new version 
of kernel is installed, and currently that is only done through
manual intervention. 

It would be nice if installing a new kernel would append lines to
start up the new kernel.

An entry looks like this :

#Linux booting
title Linux 2.2.18
root (hd0,2)
kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi


and I think a blanc line is required between different entries for
different kernel versions.


And thus, the method to implement that I can think of is to have
a configuration file to have a template (with the necessary configs
and partition names), and then use sed to create the config.



  /etc/kernel-package/grub.template
#Linux #VERSION#
title Linux #VERSION#
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-#VERSION#


Or, because this information can be recreated from
the "root partition" and "kernel location" and "kernel options"
information, maybe this is not necessary, and be
dumped in kernel-pkg.conf, or rather kernel-img.conf





-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux uekawa 2.2.18 #1 ¿å 1·î 3 22:56:40 JST 2001 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages kernel-package depends on:
ii  dpkg           1.7.2          Package maintenance system for Debian
ii  dpkg-dev       1.6.15         Package building tools for Debian
ii  fileutils      4.0z-2         GNU file management utilities.
ii  perl-5.005     5.005.03-7.1   Larry Wall's Practical Extracting and Report
	^^^ (Provides virtual package perl5)

Message #10 received at 81419@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

To: dancer@netfort.gr.jp, 81419@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#81419: kernel-package: grub: add new versions of kernel into boot menu automatically ?

Date: 18 Jan 2001 23:58:52 -0600

Hi,

        I have now created a hook in the kernel image postinst where
 you can specify a script to be run after all the symlinks etc are
 created. This script is passed i the kernel version, and the location
 of the vmlinuz file. That should be enough to append a stanza to the
 grub menu.

	Look for this in the next upload.

	manoj
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Message #15 received at 81419@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>

To: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>, 81419@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#81419: kernel-package: grub: add new versions of kernel into boot menu automatically ?

Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 00:33:32 +0900

In 18 Jan 2001 23:58:52 -0600 Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> cum veritate scripsit :

>         I have now created a hook in the kernel image postinst where
>  you can specify a script to be run after all the symlinks etc are
>  created. This script is passed i the kernel version, and the location
>  of the vmlinuz file. That should be enough to append a stanza to the
>  grub menu.
> 
> 	Look for this in the next upload.


Something that I have come up with:

.....[ entries to be added into kernel-img.conf ]

grub_menu_lst=/boot/grub/menu.lst       # location of the file
grub_kernel_partition=(hd0,0)           # the partition in grubtalk
grub_root_partition=(hd0,0)             # the location of root filesystem.
# kernel_boot_options="hdc=ide-scsi"    # any options come here.


.....[ A shell script to add a new entry ]

#!/bin/bash
# 19 jan 2001 Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org>, 
# a quick hack to add a line to /boot/grub/menu.lst

source /etc/kernel-img.conf

version="$1"
vmlinuz_location="$2"
echo $grub_menu_lst

if [ -f $grub_menu_lst ]; then
  if grep "^kernel $grub_kernel_partition$vmlinuz_location" $grub_menu_lst; then
    echo Seems like this kernel is already installed in grub menu.lst, skipping
  else
    echo Installing a new entry into menu.lst.
    echo >> $grub_menu_lst 
    echo "#Autogenerated by kernel-package " >> $grub_menu_lst 
    echo title linux $version >> $grub_menu_lst
    echo root $grub_root_partition >> $grub_menu_lst
    echo kernel $grub_kernel_partition$vmlinuz_location $kernel_boot_options >> $grub_menu_lst
  fi
fi

.....[ I just tested it and it seems to have produced a valid output with ]

$ ./testsh.bash 2.4.0-pre12888 /boot/vmlinuz-124124.123513.135


regards,
	junichi

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 Dept. of Knowledge Engineering and Computer Science, Doshisha University.

Message #20 received at 81419@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

To: Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>

Cc: 81419@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#81419: kernel-package: grub: add new versions of kernel into boot menu automatically ?

Date: 19 Jan 2001 12:42:54 -0600

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]

Hi,

        May I add a modified version of this script into the
 contrib/example area for kernel-package? I would like to change the
 config file that this script uses, and I have put in a few stylistic
 changes (like redirecting the grep results away into /dev/null).

	The resulting file is attached.

        manoj

[kernel_grub_conf.sh (text/x-sh, attachment)]

[Message part 3 (text/plain, inline)]

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Message #25 received at 81419@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Junichi Uekawa <dancer@netfort.gr.jp>

To: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

Cc: 81419@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#81419: kernel-package: grub: add new versions of kernel into boot menu automatically ?

Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 04:32:46 +0900

In 19 Jan 2001 12:42:54 -0600 Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> cum veritate scripsit :

>         May I add a modified version of this script into the
>  contrib/example area for kernel-package? I would like to change the
>  config file that this script uses, and I have put in a few stylistic
>  changes (like redirecting the grep results away into /dev/null).

You are welcome, please do as you like.

Message #30 received at 81419-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>

To: 81419-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#81419: fixed in kernel-package 7.24

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:59:11 -0500

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
kernel-package, which has been installed in the Debian FTP archive:

kernel-package_7.24_all.deb
  to pool/main/k/kernel-package/kernel-package_7.24_all.deb
kernel-package_7.24.dsc
  to pool/main/k/kernel-package/kernel-package_7.24.dsc
kernel-package_7.24.tar.gz
  to pool/main/k/kernel-package/kernel-package_7.24.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 81419@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> (supplier of updated kernel-package package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org)


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Format: 1.7
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 00:23:23 -0600
Source: kernel-package
Binary: kernel-package
Architecture: source all
Version: 7.24
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Changed-By: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
Description: 
 kernel-package - Debian Linux kernel package build scripts.
Closes: 81305 81419 81559 82742
Changes: 
 kernel-package (7.24) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * In the images postrm, ensure that modules.{isapnpmap,pcimap,usbmap}
     are also removed. closes: Bug#81559
   * Added a user specified postinst script, run by the kernel image
     postinst after creating all the symlinks, but before calling the
     bootloader or offering to create a boot floppy. closes: Bug#82742
   * changed the long description to not suggest tk4.x-dev packages (long
     gone from Debian). Now we just say tkX.X-dev package. closes: Bug#81305
   * The user specified postinst should address the needs of people using
     grub who want a nerw line in the grub menu. closes: Bug#81419
   * Allow the kerel-image package creator to specify additional
     documentation that shall be installed in the documentation directory
     /usr/share/doc/kernel-image-X.X.XX/ .
Files: 
 8932a9d0a97a2bf3950f06037194ba68 513 misc optional kernel-package_7.24.dsc
 969eb9e47ea7400747c997564638318c 160409 misc optional kernel-package_7.24.tar.gz
 b1df9d4729cfc70c1148df5479a5197a 168682 misc optional kernel-package_7.24_all.deb

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