- rename /etc/extlinux-conf to /etc/update-extlinux.conf
- Do not exit with fail if update-extlinux.conf is missing
- Always warn if root= is not defined in update-extlinux.conf
- Try harder to detect the root device by parsing /proc/mounts
- Exit with error if we cannot detect the Root device
- Rename fancy_menu to vesa_menu
- Unifiy the code generating vesa/standard menus
- Keep a backup of old extlinux.conf
- add "overwrite" config option so it is possible to skip overwriting
the extlinux.conf.
- Added a post-upgrade that imports current extlinux.conf to
update-extlinux.conf
