[bug #40523] Add support for "vmlinuz" symlink.

[Eli]

URL:
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                 Summary: Add support for "vmlinuz" symlink.
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: eliptus
            Submitted on: Fri 08 Nov 2013 09:46:13 PM GMT
                Category: Configuration
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature Request
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

I'm currently using grub-2.00_p5107-r2 on Gentoo.  I use a /boot/vmlinuz
symlink that points to my default kernel, as generated by "make -C
/usr/src/linux install".  I'm currently using a custom GRUB config to use
this.  It seems a common enough use case, though, to add support for it to
/etc/grub.d/10_linux or it's own script in /etc/grub.d/.

By having to create a custom config, I feel I'm loosing the benefit of all the
auto-detection implemented in /etc/grub.d/10_linux.  So, basically I created
my custom config by running grub2-mkconfig and copying the generated menu item
but replacing the kernel path with that of the symlink.




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