bugGNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #37137, Newline in grub.cfg breaks config

 
 

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bug #37137: Newline in grub.cfg breaks config

Submitter:  -Deleted Account- <ctwx>
Submitted:  Sat 18 Aug 2012 08:24:10 AM UTC
   
 
Category:  Configuration Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Software Error
Status:  Wont Fix Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name: 
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  other
Release:  Reproducibility:  Every Time
Planned Release:  None

Sat 18 Aug 2012 08:36:34 AM UTC, comment #1: 

etc/default/grub isn't parsed but sourced into bash script. Hence it has to be a valid bash file. Since it's common way to do things and nobody complains about it in many different projects it's a won'tfix.

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
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Sat 18 Aug 2012 08:24:10 AM UTC, original submission:  

My vim wrapped the line in my /etc/default/grub causing the interactive menu (editing entries while booting, pressing 'e' to edit the line) causing strange behaviour while editing the lines (it doesn't show my cursor or what I write) and caused my pc to stop booting sometimes.

Of course, one shouldn't add newlines on purpose, but sometimes it just happens.

I'm running Fedora 17 with GRUB 2, release 0.37 beta 6.

-Deleted Account- <ctwx>

 

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