[bug #39306] Contrib: grub-list-kernels.pl script

[Craig Sanders]

Follow-up Comment #6, bug #39306 (project grub):

re: comment #3 - yes, i understand how they're generated.

however if you run 'grub-set-default
gnulinux-3.8-2-amd64-advanced-db4cb9bd-e5e9-40c6-ac22-2267fd41084d' and then
later delete the kernel, the default in grubenv will point to a kernel that is
no longer installed.  same as if you use the index and then delete the
kernel.

in other words, you need to check that your saved_entry or prev_saved_entry is
valid every time you run update-grub/grub-mkconfig whether you use a numbered
index or a $menu_id_option.


which, again, is the point of my script.  it makes that task much less of a
hassle.

BTW, if menuentry_id_option was mandatory for every menuentry, it would be
trivial to modify the grub-list-kernels.pl script so that it printed them
instead of a numeric index...but it's not mandatory, it's optional, so you
can't rely on it being there.



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