From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-6.55 i686; Nav) Description of problem: /sbin/installkernel should not make duplicate entries in grub.conf file. Here is an example: #boot=/dev/hda default=3 timeout=5 #splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.19-rc1) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.19-rc1 ro root=/dev/hda5 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.19-rc1) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.19-rc1 ro root=/dev/hda5 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-6.55) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.55 ro root=/dev/hda5 initrd /initrd-2.4.18-6.55.img Second entry is redundant. /sbin/installkernel should take care that there is not redundant entries in grub.conf file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get latest kernel from kernel.org mirror. 2. Extract, configure, make and install kernel. 3. Reboot. 4. Notice how nicely new kernel image appears on grub bootmenu. 5. Boot. 6. Notice a problem in current kernel config. 7. Reconfigure your kernel, make and install it. 8. Reboot. 9. Notice how there is redundant entry on grub bootmenu. Additional info: mkinitrd-3.4.8-1
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fixed in mkintird 3.4.14
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