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...adable modules in /boot. At present in Fedora at least, the RPM package updates these, and it has a %post to ensure that when a newer version of extlinux is installed, we update both the boot modules and the MBR. For more background, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090083 In constrat, GRUB2 keeps its modules in /usr/lib, and grub-install *copies* them to /boot at the same time that the MBR is updated. I like this model more as it allows me to decouple the delivery of updated bootloader data with its actual installation, and ensure that when I do want to update the bootloade...

...on Linux, the MBR requires manual installation (outside executing one of the installer binaries like linux/syslinux or extlinux/extlinux; paths relative to source tree root in versions before 6.00) > For more background, see: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090083 > > In constrat, GRUB2 keeps its modules in /usr/lib, and grub-install *copies* > them to /boot at the same time that the MBR is updated. Does the installation of an updated package of GRUB2 trigger an installation of modules during install on Fedora or does the installation of an updated package require manua...

...t in > Fedora at least, the RPM package updates these, and it has a %post to > ensure that when a newer version of extlinux is installed, we update > both the boot modules and the MBR. > > For more background, see: > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1090083 > > In constrat, GRUB2 keeps its modules in /usr/lib, and grub-install > *copies* them to /boot at the same time that the MBR is updated. > > I like this model more as it allows me to decouple the delivery of > updated bootloader data with its actual installation, and ensure that > when I do want to...