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current limitations of grub-mkconfig.
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2011-03-30 Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
* docs/grub.texi (Simple configuration): Explain some of the
current limitations of grub-mkconfig.
2011-03-29 Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
Old macs search for boot.efi rather than for bootia32.efi.

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@ -1066,6 +1066,16 @@ generates @file{grub.cfg} files suitable for most cases. It is suitable for
use when upgrading a distribution, and will discover available kernels and
attempt to generate menu entries for them.
@command{grub-mkconfig} does have some limitations. While adding extra
custom menu entries to the end of the list can be done by editing
@file{/etc/grub.d/40_custom} or creating @file{/boot/grub/custom.cfg},
changing the order of menu entries or changing their titles may require
making complex changes to shell scripts stored in @file{/etc/grub.d/}. This
may be improved in the future. In the meantime, those who feel that it
would be easier to write @file{grub.cfg} directly are encouraged to do so
(@pxref{Booting}, and @ref{Shell-like scripting}), and to disable any system
provided by their distribution to automatically run @command{grub-mkconfig}.
The file @file{/etc/default/grub} controls the operation of
@command{grub-mkconfig}. It is sourced by a shell script, and so must be
valid POSIX shell input; normally, it will just be a sequence of