Bug#337779: release-notes do not suggest re-running lilo
severity 337779 serious
reassign 337779 lilo,release-notes
thanks
Hi,
* Simon Tatham (anakin@pobox.com) [051106 05:56]:
> Since we hadn't upgraded the kernel (as the release notes told us
> not to), it hadn't occurred to me that we might need to re-run lilo.
> However, we did, and presumably (with hindsight) the reason was that
> the LILO second stage had changed due to the upgrade of the lilo
> package itself. At no point did lilo automatically re-run (probably
> a good thing - I might have had the package installed but not
> currently have been using it as my bootloader) or offer to re-run
> (which perhaps it should have).
It looks like lilo is only re-run in certain cases. Can someone from
the lilo-side please comment on this?
Cheers,
Andi
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