[Bug 1753518] Re: package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

[Andrei Borzenkov]

It is possible that there are different problems but in my case the
problem is that efibootmgr cannot delete EFI variable:

root at bor-Latitude-E5450:~# LC_ALL=C grub-install 
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
Could not delete variable: Invalid argument
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Block device required.

or more verbosely

grub-install: info: Registering with EFI: distributor = `ubuntu', path = `\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi', ESP at hostdisk//dev/sda,gpt1.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr --version </dev/null >/dev/null.
grub-install: info: executing modprobe -q efivars.
grub-install: info: executing efibootmgr -b 0000 -B.
Could not delete variable: Invalid argument
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Block device required.

It is neither grub nor efibootmgr issue, I cannot remove variable even
manually:

root at bor-Latitude-E5450:/sys/firmware/efi/efivars# LC_ALL=C rm Boot0000-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c 
rm: cannot remove 'Boot0000-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c': Invalid argument

and stracing it

unlinkat(AT_FDCWD, "Boot0000-8be4df61-93ca-11d2-aa0d-00e098032b8c", 0) =
-1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)

As I do not believe all systems got firmware problem at once, it is more
likely kernel issue. There is nothing in dmesg.

I do not see how it can be fixed by removing anything in ESP.

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Title:
  package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8 failed to
  install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-
  installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Status in grub2-signed package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  thierry at ingatech-XPS-13-9343:~$ LC_ALL=C sudo apt dist-upgrade 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  Calculating upgrade... Done
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  1 not fully installed or removed.
  After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
  Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
  Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8) ...
  Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
  Could not delete variable: Invalid argument
  grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Block device required.
  dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
   installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  Errors were encountered while processing:
   grub-efi-amd64-signed
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-10.11-generic 4.15.3
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-10-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 2.20.8-0ubuntu10
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Mar  5 15:49:17 2018
  ErrorMessage: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-17 (107 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
  Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.6, Python 3.6.4+, python3-minimal, 3.6.4-1
  PythonDetails: /usr/bin/python2.7, Python 2.7.14+, python-minimal, 2.7.14-4
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.19.0.5ubuntu1
   apt  1.6~alpha7ubuntu2
  SourcePackage: grub2-signed
  Title: package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-03-01 (3 days ago)

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