[Bug 1730343] Re: firmware update breaks Ubuntu

[Łukasz Zemczak]

Hello Merlijn, or anyone else affected,

Accepted fwupdate into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fwupdate/0.5-2ubuntu7 in a few
hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package.  See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how
to enable and use -proposed.Your feedback will aid us getting this
update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug,
mentioning the version of the package you tested and change the tag from
verification-needed-xenial to verification-done-xenial. If it does not
fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the
tag to verification-failed-xenial. In either case, without details of
your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification .  Thank you in
advance!

** Changed in: fwupdate (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

** Tags removed: verification-failed-xenial
** Tags added: verification-needed-xenial

** Changed in: fwupdate-signed (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

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Title:
  firmware update breaks Ubuntu

Status in Fwupd:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in fwupdate package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupdate-signed package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupd source package in Xenial:
  Invalid
Status in fwupdate source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in fwupdate-signed source package in Xenial:
  Fix Committed
Status in fwupd source package in Zesty:
  Invalid
Status in fwupdate source package in Zesty:
  Won't Fix
Status in fwupdate-signed source package in Zesty:
  Won't Fix
Status in fwupd source package in Artful:
  Invalid
Status in fwupdate source package in Artful:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupdate-signed source package in Artful:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupd source package in Bionic:
  Invalid
Status in fwupdate source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupdate-signed source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * A few users have reported instances of not being able to boot into Ubuntu after a firmware update.  This is suspected to be caused by a missing Ubuntu boot entry.
   * fwupdate adds an entry for doing the update to the BootOrder, but doesn't remove it.  BIOS auto-creation for making boot entries typically depends on the BootOrder being empty.

  
  * This affects all releases of fwupdate since the code to add to BootOrder was
  also backported into the Ubuntu 16.04 release of fwupdate (0.5-2ubuntu5)

  [Test Case]

  * Perform a UEFI BIOS update after installing this package.
  * Ensure the system boots and there is no longer a "Linux Firmware Updater" entry
  present in the efibootmgr -v output.

  
  [Regression Potential] 

  * Regressions are possible to manifest if any BIOS depends on the
  previous behavior.

  * The fixes that were backported have been upstream for a few months and no
  concerns have been raised upstream from them.

  [Other Info]
  Two users have reported that fwupd breaks their Ubuntu installation because the "Ubuntu" EFI boot option disappears after an update.
  Upstream issue: https://github.com/rhboot/fwupdate/issues/86

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