Feature #17538

Make it easy for users to identity whether they get GRUB or SYSLINUX

Added by sajolida 2020-03-20 23:42:53 . Updated 2020-03-21 16:53:42 .

Status:
Resolved
Priority:
Normal
Assignee:
Category:
Target version:
Tails_4.5
Start date:
Due date:
% Done:

100%

Feature Branch:
feature/17538-name-syslinux
Type of work:
Code
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Starter:
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Description

Naming them would make it easier for people to understand they have one or the other.

I will have to name them in the doc anyway since both will require different procedures to edit the boot options.

GRUB is named already on the screen.

SYSLINUX is not.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #17567: Weird new SYSLINUX sign on splash screen Confirmed

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2020-03-20 23:46:50

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Needs Validation
  • Assignee changed from sajolida to intrigeri

Untested. I’ll try to download a nightly before (your) tomorrow.

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2020-03-21 09:53:46

  • Feature Branch set to feature/17538-name-syslinux

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2020-03-21 09:59:44

> Untested. I’ll try to download a nightly before (your) tomorrow.

AFAICT this did not happen and the freeze is approaching fast, so I’ll:

  • fix the build of this topic branch (which seems to be broken due to a buggy merge conflict resolution in .gitmodules)
  • test it manually
  • run our automated test suite on it

#4 Updated by sajolida 2020-03-21 10:04:18

  • Status changed from Needs Validation to In Progress

Applied in changeset commit:tails|f509364da757b0580c1b94f919402c6c27114e30.

#5 Updated by intrigeri 2020-03-21 11:17:21

  • Status changed from In Progress to Needs Validation

Code looks good to me. Manual testing is fine too. Now waiting for CI results before I merge into the Feature #6560 branch.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2020-03-21 14:30:00

  • Status changed from Needs Validation to Resolved
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

Applied in changeset commit:tails|e5a1610a838bc10767f5476bce49e1b0300b6d2b.

#7 Updated by intrigeri 2020-03-21 14:31:47

#8 Updated by sajolida 2020-03-21 16:53:42

Thanks! Yesterday I failed to build it on Jenkins indeed; because of
mysterious things to me.

#9 Updated by sajolida 2020-04-01 22:56:10

  • related to Bug #17567: Weird new SYSLINUX sign on splash screen added