Replacing grubby with grub2-mkconfig in kernel install process

[Chris Murphy]

On Jun 18, 2012, at 6:36 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:

> Chris Murphy wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Jun 18, 2012, at 4:08 AM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
>> 
>>> Chris Murphy wrote:
>>>> Grubby does not work fine with GRUB 2, it creates sloppy menu lists that
>>>> eventually break the advanced menu entries, as well as totally departing
>>>> from any user customization of /etc/default/grub.
>>> 
>>> … vs. grub2-mkconfig, which totally departs from any user customization
>>> in grub.cfg.
>> 
>> It does not totally depart. It is merely (highly) not recommended to
>> directly edit that file.
> 
> Running grub2-mkconfig automatically makes it not just "(highly) not 
> recommended", but basically impossible: Any edits will be trashed at the 
> next kernel update!

Which is why if grub-mkconfig is going to be used, the upstream prescribed editing procedure needs to be used. If inadequate, the inadequacy needs to addressed. As far as I'm aware, there is in fact no reason why you can't remove grub2 and replace it with grub (legacy) if it has the exact behaviors you prefer and require. I prefer GRUB2's self-produced grub.cfg's and I don't find it overly difficult to get the customization I want – except for the fact grubby steps on this, meaning I have to manually run grub-mkconfig to fix the grub.cfg at each kernel update.

Chris Murphy