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Re: Rename update-grub to grub-update?
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Robert Millan |
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Re: Rename update-grub to grub-update? |
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Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:10:46 +0100 |
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 12:34:51PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 12:51:13AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > All grub binaries installed in $prefix/bin and $prefix/sbin start with
> > "grub-" except mbchk and update-grub. mbchk is probably not meant to
> > be grub specific, but update-grub is.
> >
> > I think it would be logical to rename update-grub to grub-update.
> > Objections?
>
> I picked this name for historical reasons, since it was aimed at replacing
> a Debian-specific script that performed the same functionality.
>
> Calling it "update-grub" has a big advantage: for many GRUB Legacy users,
> when seeing a script called like this they will instantly know what it
> does.
>
> That aside, I agree the name is quite unfortunate. What would you think of
> postponing this untill GRUB Legacy has been replaced? It's already a big leap
> to migrate from GRUB Legacy to GRUB 2; I suggest we don't make it bigger yet.
On a second thought, this wouldn't be much of an issue if Debian can have its
own "update-grub" which wraps around "grub-mkconfig" or whatever you want to
call it.
Additionally, this would allow us to change the CLI to something that doesn't
hardcode /boot/grub/grub.cfg and provides greater flexibility, e.g.:
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
which is also useful for Debian.
--
Robert Millan
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