[Bug 1856896] Re: Only check the vendor ID if the device has one set

[Robert Ancell]

I've made an upload that should be able to replace the existing SRU and
get them both checked. I've also checked the fwupd 0.8 source and am
pretty sure this doesn't have the check there to be updated.

** Changed in: fwupd (Ubuntu Xenial)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Only check the vendor ID if the device has one set

Status in fwupd package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in fwupd source package in Xenial:
  Invalid
Status in fwupd source package in Bionic:
  New
Status in fwupd source package in Disco:
  Won't Fix
Status in fwupd source package in Eoan:
  New
Status in fwupd source package in Focal:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  fwupd will fail to install firmware where the firmware has a vendor-id but the device does not have one set. The vendor-id is currently optional but in about 6 months time it will be required. In this case devices that can't store vendor-ids will not be able to install firmware. There is an upstream fix to skip this check if the device doesn't have vendor IDs.

  https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/commit/d5f965da2f8847e494e5c2a25a123bb8c31c7850

  [Test Case]
  There's not a specific test case for this, as no firmware currently meets this requirement. Thus the only test is that you can still successfully install firmware. Future firmware will trigger this case.

  [Regression Potential]
  Change is simple and unlikely to introduce a significant bug. This will cause a behaviour change, but it is done by the upstream maintainer and intentional.

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