Re: GRUB patch for 'lilo -R' functionality

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 06:44:21PM +0000, Keir Fraser wrote:
> 
> I only changed the behaviour of savedefault when executed within the
> GRUB-util shell (ie. not GRUB menu mode). I can't think of a scenario
> where the '--once' semantics would be useful to access from the GRUB
> menu, so I'm reluctant to 'fix' this behaviour.

I think there's a missunderstanding here. savedefault itself is only
meaningful in the context of the menu. The problem I noticed is that while
"savedefault --default=X" affects the GRUB menu, the "--once" argument has
no effect. I.e: once you run savedefault it won't be restored to 0 after the
next GRUB run.

> If the patch will make it to the main tree then I may investigate
> fixing this issue --- I suspect it wouldn't be too hard.

Okuji should pronounce on this, but I don't think the patch should be
commited untill "--once" is fixed.

-- 
Robert Millan

"[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the
thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work."

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