Bug#573962: [update-extlinux] extlinux assumes update-extlinux should always be used.

[Trent W. Buck]

Package: extlinux
Version: 2:3.85+dfsg-1
Severity: normal

Attached is a transcript of an attempt to purge a removed kernel
(triggering update-extlinux) on a host that uses extlinux with a
static, hand-written extlinux.conf (using kernel-img.conf symlinks)
rather than update-extlinux.

This issue is also triggered if one has installed extlinux but doesn't
want to use it as the bootloader at all -- e.g. when one is using it
to prepare bootable USB keys.

IMO these use cases are valid and update-extlinux shouldn't break
kernel installs/removes/purges on them by doing a hard "exit 1" when
it isn't in charge.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages extlinux depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.10.2-6em1 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib

Versions of packages extlinux recommends:
ii  syslinux-common            2:3.85+dfsg-1 Kernel loader which uses a FAT, ex

extlinux suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information
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