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Bug#1086840: remove grub-legacy support

From	Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.boot
Subject	Bug#1086840: remove grub-legacy support
Date	2024-12-12 22:10 +0100
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Hi,

Felix Zielcke <fzielcke@z-51.de> wrote (Wed, 06 Nov 2024 15:07:15 +0100):
> Source: grub-installer
> Version: 1.203
> Severity: serious
> Control: block 1086750 by -1
> 
> We finally want to get rid of grub-legacy in Debian.
> It's now (in sid) only a transistional package depending on grub-pc.
> 
> There's MR!20 [0] by Pascal Homburg which completely removes the
> grub-legacy parts of it.
> 
> [0] https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/grub-installer/-/merge_requests/20

Does anyone still want to review this MR?

I did some testing with an mini.iso based on this merge request, and that
showed no problems with both BIOS and UEFI for current trixie installations.
So, if noone objects, I might be favor of merging this...


Holger

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Bug#1086840: remove grub-legacy support Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-12-12 22:10 +0100
  Bug#1086840: remove grub-legacy support Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2024-12-13 22:40 +0100
    Bug#1086840: remove grub-legacy support Holger Wansing <hwansing@mailbox.org> - 2024-12-13 23:00 +0100
      Bug#1086840: remove grub-legacy support Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2024-12-14 21:30 +0100

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