Re: [PATCH] Fix savedefault after menu editing

[adrian15]

Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
>
> This bug has annoyed me for years, so I decided to finally fix it.  I
> know, GRUB is GRUB Legacy now, but it there will be another release, it
> should have this fix.  Even if there will be no release, maybe this
> patch will be applied by the OS vendors.
If I find it useful I will add it to Super Grub Disk (One of its 
components its a fork of Grub 0.97)
> When using "e" to edit the commands followed by "b" to boot the edited
> commands, the behavior of "savedefault" (if in was the command list)
> seemed unpredictable.  GRUB could suddenly select and boot a different
> entry on the next boot.
>
> As it turns out, "savedefault" was remembering the entry number in the
> submenu used for editing the command.  So, if e.g. the second command
> was under the cursor, GRUB would default to the second entry on the next
> boot.  The fix is, of course, to calculate the current entry only in the
> top level menu - either when booting or when calling a submenu.

I've never came across this problem although I understand it.
I don't know if it will be difficult to integrate it into my Grub fork 
now that it has the call and back commands (equivalent to source command 
in bash)

adrian15