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  • migrating grub from BIOS to UEFI loses /etc/default/grub

    From Harald Dunkel@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 24 10:40:01 2024
    Hi folks,

    if I migrate from grub-pc to grub-uefi, then grub-pc.postrm
    removes /etc/default/grub on the final purge.

    grub2 doesn't provide much information in its man pages, but
    AFAICT /etc/default/grub is still processed for UEFI, so why
    is it deleted?

    Regards
    Harri

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  • From Florent Rougon@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 25 10:20:01 2024
    Hi,

    Le 24/05/2024, Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.com> a écrit:

    if I migrate from grub-pc to grub-uefi, then grub-pc.postrm
    removes /etc/default/grub on the final purge.

    I confirm the behavior, have been bitten by this. IMHO, it is a nasty
    bug: suppose your rely on your kernel command line to disable, say, the
    IPv6 stack—because you don't need it and your firewall rules don't
    handle IPv6. When grub-pc is purged, the IPv6 stack gets silently
    activated on your box, even though you are still naked regarding the
    firewall. :(

    Regards

    --
    Florent

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  • From Harald Dunkel@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 28 09:20:01 2024
    Full thread is on debian-boot mailing list.

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  • From Florent Rougon@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 28 13:10:01 2024
    Le 28/05/2024, Harald Dunkel <harald.dunkel@aixigo.com> a écrit:

    Full thread is on debian-boot mailing list.

    I've read it now, thanks for the info, Harald!

    Regards

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    Florent

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