http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101756 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101756#c5 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flags|needinfo?(mrmazda@earthlink | |.net) | --- Comment #5 from Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> --- (In reply to Josef Reidinger from comment #4)
Well, we consider this "expert" option. We already discussed it in past and problem is during upgrade to refresh it properly, which e.g. for opensuse does not work well with tumbleweed
What's the problem just using it if user has modified GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= to anything that has never been in a /etc/default/grub.rpmnew file? As it is fairly common for TW users to also be Leap users, maybe TW should have a different default GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= than Leap, at least on UEFI installations?
or when using zypper dup for leap switch.
As an expert option, I should think sufficient a relnote that the multibooter admin needs to address this. Multibooters do expect some foibles due to configurations that QA can't test programmatically.
So because it is expert option, what should be possible to do, is to set it manually and then yast2 will ( should ) respect it and keep it as it was done by manual edit.
Does it make sense?
Depends on your meaning of manual I suppose. Simple presence of a non-standard GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= on the target ought to be sufficient if it's an upgrade. If a new install, have linuxrc accept cmdline parameter e.g. GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=os151p11 to incorporate in Grub2 installation, and/or as I tried, using vtty2 while installation proceeds, or even before installation to already formatted / starts, to put GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=os151p11 in the target's /etc/default/grub for incorporation. Adding an input box on the bootloader options tab that defaults to opensuse and rejects any string that is found as a directory name on a current ESP partition root, unless it matches GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/grub if an upgrade, I would think doable as well. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.