Bug#1076723: grub-common: duplicate GNU/Linux in menuentry and submenu lines of /boot/grub/grub.cfg

[Cyril Brulebois]

Control: severity -1 important

Package: grub-common
Version: 2.12-5
Severity: normal
After a recent grub2 upgrade, there are now duplicate "GNU/Linux"
in menuentry and submenu lines of /boot/grub/grub.cfg, e.g.
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-f3a51d21-c3a1-405d-b0fb-b0b25662b752' {
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-f3a51d21-c3a1-405d-b0fb-b0b25662b752' {

This also happens with fresh Trixie installations, and that looks
utterly silly
 :(

There were a number of follow-ups by Vincent, it'd be nice if someone
could look into getting that fixed.

Looping in debian-boot@, debian-cd@ for awareness, esp. when it's going
to be time to test Trixie Alpha 1 images.


Cheers,

[Pascal Hambourg]

Control: tags -1 patch

Post by Cyril Brulebois

After a recent grub2 upgrade, there are now duplicate "GNU/Linux"
in menuentry and submenu lines of /boot/grub/grub.cfg, e.g.
menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux GNU/Linux' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-f3a51d21-c3a1-405d-b0fb-b0b25662b752' {
submenu 'Advanced options for Debian GNU/Linux GNU/Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-f3a51d21-c3a1-405d-b0fb-b0b25662b752' {

This also happens with fresh Trixie installations, and that looks
utterly silly… :(
There were a number of follow-ups by Vincent, it'd be nice if someone
could look into getting that fixed.

It seems that
<https://salsa.debian.org/grub-team/grub/-/merge_requests/71> aims to
address the issue in an alternative way.