Bug 810242 - kernel update doesn't modify /etc/grub2.cfg to boot the new kernel by default
Summary: kernel update doesn't modify /etc/grub2.cfg to boot the new kernel by default
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: grubby
Version: 16
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Peter Jones
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-04-05 12:58 UTC by Vratislav Podzimek
Modified: 2013-02-13 21:16 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-02-13 21:16:34 UTC
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Description Vratislav Podzimek 2012-04-05 12:58:28 UTC
Description of problem:
When I update the kernel (by 'yum update') and reboot the system, the system is booted with the old kernel. The reason is, that the 'set default=' line of the /etc/grub2.cfg is modified in a bad way.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
all versions of F16 kernels

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run 'yum update kernel'
2. reboot the system
  
Actual results:
the old kernel booted

Expected results:
the new kernel booted

Additional info:
I hope this behaviour is not intended.

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2012-04-05 13:51:55 UTC
The kernel just calls new-kernel-pkg, which is provided by grubby.  That does all the updating of the grub configuration files.

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