[Bug 1512505] [NEW] [SRU] [HWE] Backport efibootmgr 0.12-4 to 15.04

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

Public bug reported:

[Impact]
Shipping fwupdate in 15.04 (hardware enablement tool; a firmware updater tool) requires the use of efivar > 0.16; which in turn requires a slightly newer version of efibootmgr (at least 0.12-2).

[Test Case]
- Install libefivar0.

Installing libefivar0 will attempt to remove efibootmgr, which is quite
unhelpful when one has to deal with EFI boot entries. Furthermore,
efibootmgr is a Dependency of grub EFI images, of which the removal
would likely be catastrophic to booting the system.

[Regression Potential]
Issues in efibootmgr would show up as the inability to configure new (or modify old) EFI boot entries; for example inability to install a boot image on some specific disks.

efibootmgr is critical to the proper function of grub updates for EFI
systems.

** Affects: efibootmgr (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  [SRU] [HWE] Backport efibootmgr 0.12-4 to 15.04

Status in efibootmgr package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  Shipping fwupdate in 15.04 (hardware enablement tool; a firmware updater tool) requires the use of efivar > 0.16; which in turn requires a slightly newer version of efibootmgr (at least 0.12-2).

  [Test Case]
  - Install libefivar0.

  Installing libefivar0 will attempt to remove efibootmgr, which is
  quite unhelpful when one has to deal with EFI boot entries.
  Furthermore, efibootmgr is a Dependency of grub EFI images, of which
  the removal would likely be catastrophic to booting the system.

  [Regression Potential]
  Issues in efibootmgr would show up as the inability to configure new (or modify old) EFI boot entries; for example inability to install a boot image on some specific disks.

  efibootmgr is critical to the proper function of grub updates for EFI
  systems.

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