Re: Rename update-grub to grub-update?

[Robert Millan]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 12:51:13AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> All grub binaries installed in $prefix/bin and $prefix/sbin start with  
> "grub-" except mbchk and update-grub.  mbchk is probably not meant to  
> be grub specific, but update-grub is.
> 
> I think it would be logical to rename update-grub to grub-update.  
> Objections?

I picked this name for historical reasons, since it was aimed at replacing
a Debian-specific script that performed the same functionality.

Calling it "update-grub" has a big advantage: for many GRUB Legacy users,
when seeing a script called like this they will instantly know what it
does.

That aside, I agree the name is quite unfortunate.  What would you think of
postponing this untill GRUB Legacy has been replaced?  It's already a big leap
to migrate from GRUB Legacy to GRUB 2;  I suggest we don't make it bigger yet.

-- 
Robert Millan

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