Replacing grubby with grub2-mkconfig in kernel install process

[Ben Rosser]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Garrett Holmstrom <gholms at fedoraproject.org
> wrote:

> Like I mentioned two days ago, the only thing that matters for EC2
> images is that the kernel post-install scripts continue to be capable
> of updating grub configuration files, which means that wholesale
> replacement of grubby with grub2-mkconfig will probably wind up
> breaking things.
>


Which is one of a number of reasons why I then suggested that instead of
replacing grubby entirely, we could simply patch grubby to call
grub2-mkconfig if the bootloader is grub2. That would accomplish everything
I wanted to achieve (compliance with /etc/grub.d and /etc/default/grub,
which means consistent boot menus), but not break environments where
another bootloader like grub-legacy, or simply legacy grub-style
configuration, is needed.

So far, the only actual arguments against this (specifically, the above
solution to the problem) I've heard is that it breaks being able to
configure /boot/grub2/grub.cfg by hand. But that's the idea behind grub2,
for better or worse. The documentation specifically tells you NOT to edit
that file, but to instead edit configuration in /etc.

Most of the other arguments raised in response to this seem to have really
been about grub2 itself, and if Fedora has to use it, so.. are there any
other thoughts on the actual matter at hand?

Ben
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