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Re: SID: update-grub ---Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.

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On Thu 09 Dec 2021 at 08:28:37 (-0800), Peter Ehlert wrote:
> the full error message at the end of update-grub:
> 
> Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
> Systems on them will not be added to the GRUB boot configuration.
> Check GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER documentation entry.
> 
> Question: why would this desirable?
> it's totally new to me.

AIUI a potential security risk. I don't know whether there are
plans to mitigate whatever the risk is.

I imagine there may be someone crafting a paragraph for the
next Release Notes.

> Back story:
> I just upgraded a Bullseye install to Sid.
> this is a multi-boot machine, my daily driver is Bullseye.
> after reboot my GRUB had only one entry
> 
> I was able to get it back (thanks to Google)
> edit /etc/default/grub
> add GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
> 
> saved then ran grub-install /dev/sd(foo) && update-grub

Cheers,
David.

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SID: update-grub ---Warning: os-prober will not be executed to detect  other bootable partitions. Peter Ehlert <pb21a@sdi-baja.com> - 2021-12-09 17:30 +0100
  Re: SID: update-grub ---Warning: os-prober will not be executed to  detect other bootable partitions. David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2021-12-09 20:20 +0100

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