[Bug 1878705] Re: Fix multiple initrds support in grub.conf

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This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 2.04-1ubuntu28

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grub2 (2.04-1ubuntu28) groovy; urgency=medium

  * Ensure that grub-multi-install can always find templates (LP: #1879948)
  * Fix changelog entries for security update

 -- Julian Andres Klode <juliank at ubuntu.com>  Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:07:29
+0200

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Groovy)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Fix multiple initrds support in grub.conf

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Focal:
  In Progress
Status in grub2 source package in Groovy:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]

   * When attempting to use multiple initrd, update-grub generates
  invalid grub.cfg configuration.

  [Test Case]

   * sudo touch /boot/microcode.cpio
   * sudo update-grub
   * grep microcode.cpio /boot/grub/grub.cfg
  initrd	/ microcode.cpio initrd.img-5.4.0-37-generic

  Observe that the initrd stanzas are incorrect. Instead they should be
  _both_ absolute valid filepaths from grub prefix location, i.e.

  initrd /microcode.cpio /initrd.img-5.4.0-37-generic

   # ensure one cleans up the system after testing
   * sudo rm /boot/microcode.cpio
   * sudo update-grub

  [Regression Potential]

   * 2.04 upstream release supports multiple initrds correctly, but the
  ubuntu-only patches incorrectly changed the behaviour of grub-mkconfig
  breaking this support. This SRU fixes this. Since currently multiple
  initrd support is broken, nobody is using it. But hopefully it will
  become usable after this SRU and will be used by default in certain
  configurations.

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