[Bug 1772374] Re: ubiquity need mount point /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

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This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 18.04.14.12

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ubiquity (18.04.14.12) bionic; urgency=medium

  [ Chen-Han Hsiao (Stanley) ]
  * scripts/plugininstall.py: Make sure efivars is bind-mounted when
    installing the bootloader. (LP: #1772374)

  [ Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre ]
  * Automatic update of included source packages: partman-efi
    71ubuntu2.2. (LP: #1803031)

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <cyphermox at ubuntu.com>  Mon, 04 Feb 2019
11:13:42 -0500

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  ubiquity need mount point /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

Status in OEM Priority Project:
  Triaged
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in ubiquity source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Without mount point /sys/firmware/efi/efivars for target system,
  ubiquity sometimes failed to install bootloader on target system.

  May 21 08:21:55 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.02-2ubuntu8) ...
  May 21 08:21:56 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]:
  May 21 08:21:56 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version
  May 21 08:21:56 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
  May 21 08:21:57 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0000": Input/output error
  May 21 08:21:57 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Could not prepare Boot variable: Input/output error
  May 21 08:21:57 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.
  May 21 08:21:57 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Failed: grub-install --target=x86_64-efi
  May 21 08:21:57 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: WARNING: Bootloader is not properly installed, system may not be bootable
  May 21 08:21:57 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.93+2.02-2ubuntu8) ...
  May 21 08:21:57 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
  May 21 08:21:58 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Skipping unreadable variable "Boot0000": Input/output error
  May 21 08:21:58 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Could not prepare Boot variable: Input/output error
  May 21 08:21:58 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: Input/output error.
  May 21 08:21:58 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
  May 21 08:21:58 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]:  installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
  May 21 08:21:58 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]: Errors were encountered while processing:
  May 21 08:21:58 ubuntu ubiquity[29387]:  grub-efi-amd64-signed

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