[Bug 1928011] Re: grub-efi-amd64-signed: Depends: grub2-common (>= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.31) but 2.04-1ubuntu26.11 is to be installed

Sat Nov 5 19:16:44 UTC 2022

Maybe it's worth noting that I do NOT have secure boot enabled.

Searching on the web, it seems that many people are being hit by this,
and the solution is to manually apt-get install grub.

apt-get dist-ugprade seems fine with the proposed upgrade plan.

Some more info, as filed by ubuntu-bug:

ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.24
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sat Nov  5 20:10:36 2022
Dependencies:
 adduser 3.118ubuntu2
 apt 2.0.9
 apt-utils 2.0.9
 ca-certificates 20211016~20.04.1
 coreutils 8.30-3ubuntu2
 debconf 1.5.73
 debconf-i18n 1.5.73
 dmsetup 2:1.02.167-1ubuntu1
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
 efibootmgr 17-1
 gcc-10-base 10.3.0-1ubuntu1~20.04
 gettext-base 0.19.8.1-10build1
 gpgv 2.2.19-3ubuntu2.2
 grub-common 2.04-1ubuntu26.15
 grub-efi-amd64 2.04-1ubuntu44.2
 grub-efi-amd64-bin 2.04-1ubuntu44.2
 grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.167.2+2.04-1ubuntu44.2
 grub2-common 2.04-1ubuntu26.15
 libacl1 2.2.53-6
 libapt-pkg6.0 2.0.9
 libattr1 1:2.4.48-5
 libaudit-common 1:2.8.5-2ubuntu6
 libaudit1 1:2.8.5-2ubuntu6
 libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-2
 libc6 2.31-0ubuntu9.9
 libcap-ng0 0.7.9-2.1build1
 libcrypt1 1:4.4.10-10ubuntu4
 libdb5.3 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.6ubuntu2
 libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.167-1ubuntu1
 libefiboot1 37-2ubuntu2.2
 libefivar1 37-2ubuntu2.2
 libffi7 3.3-4
 libfreetype6 2.10.1-2ubuntu0.2
 libfuse2 2.9.9-3
 libgcc-s1 10.3.0-1ubuntu1~20.04
 libgcrypt20 1.8.5-5ubuntu1.1
 libgmp10 2:6.2.0+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1
 libgnutls30 3.6.13-2ubuntu1.7
 libgpg-error-l10n 1.37-1
 libgpg-error0 1.37-1
 libhogweed5 3.5.1+really3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2
 libidn2-0 2.2.0-2
 liblocale-gettext-perl 1.07-4
 liblz4-1 1.9.2-2ubuntu0.20.04.1
 liblzma5 5.2.4-1ubuntu1.1
 libnettle7 3.5.1+really3.5.1-2ubuntu0.2
 libp11-kit0 0.23.20-1ubuntu0.1
 libpam-modules 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.3
 libpam-modules-bin 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.3
 libpam0g 1.3.1-5ubuntu4.3
 libpcre2-8-0 10.34-7ubuntu0.1
 libpng16-16 1.6.37-2
 libpopt0 1.16-14
 libseccomp2 2.5.1-1ubuntu1~20.04.2
 libselinux1 3.0-1build2
 libsemanage-common 3.0-1build2
 libsemanage1 3.0-1build2
 libsepol1 3.0-1ubuntu0.1
 libsmartcols1 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.3
 libssl1.1 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.16
 libstdc++6 10.3.0-1ubuntu1~20.04
 libsystemd0 245.4-4ubuntu3.18
 libtasn1-6 4.16.0-2
 libtext-charwidth-perl 0.04-10
 libtext-iconv-perl 1.7-7
 libtext-wrapi18n-perl 0.06-9
 libudev1 245.4-4ubuntu3.18
 libunistring2 0.9.10-2
 libuuid1 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.3
 libzstd1 1.4.4+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
 lsb-base 11.1.0ubuntu2
 openssl 1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.16
 os-prober 1.74ubuntu2
 passwd 1:4.8.1-1ubuntu5.20.04.2
 perl-base 5.30.0-9ubuntu0.3
 sbsigntool 0.9.2-2ubuntu1.1
 secureboot-db 1.5
 sensible-utils 0.0.12+nmu1
 tar 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2
 ubuntu-keyring 2020.02.11.4
 ucf 3.0038+nmu1
 uuid-runtime 2.34-0.1ubuntu9.3
 zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2ubuntu1.5
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-22 (2388 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.167.2+2.04-1ubuntu44.2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcCpuinfoMinimal:
 processor	: 11
 vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
 cpu family	: 6
 model		: 63
 model name	: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz
 stepping	: 2
 microcode	: 0x49
 cpu MHz		: 1199.623
 cache size	: 15360 KB
 physical id	: 0
 siblings	: 12
 core id		: 5
 cpu cores	: 6
 apicid		: 11
 initial apicid	: 11
 fpu		: yes
 fpu_exception	: yes
 cpuid level	: 15
 wp		: yes
 flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl xtopology nonstop_tsc cpuid aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 sdbg fma cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid dca sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic movbe popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm abm cpuid_fault epb invpcid_single pti intel_ppin ssbd ibrs ibpb stibp tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid ept_ad fsgsbase tsc_adjust bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm xsaveopt cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc dtherm ida arat pln pts md_clear flush_l1d
 bugs		: cpu_meltdown spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass l1tf mds swapgs itlb_multihit mmio_stale_data
 bogomips	: 6596.56
 clflush size	: 64
 cache_alignment	: 64
 address sizes	: 46 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
 power management:
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en
 LC_TIME=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MONETARY=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LC_ADDRESS=en_GB.UTF-8
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_TELEPHONE=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LC_NAME=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_MEASUREMENT=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_IDENTIFICATION=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=en_GB.UTF-8
 LC_PAPER=en_GB.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-131.147-generic 5.4.210
SourcePackage: grub2-signed
Tags:  focal
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-131-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-12-27 (678 days ago)
_MarkForUpload: True

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Title:
  grub-efi-amd64-signed: Depends: grub2-common (>=
  2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.31) but 2.04-1ubuntu26.11 is to be installed

Status in grub2-signed package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in update-manager package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  EDIT:I'm using the software update tool to do a regular package
  upgrade on Xubuntu 20.04.

  I think this might be an issue with softare-updater, honestly.  But it won't upgrade grub, giving this as an explanation:
  ***********
  PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES CANNOT BE RESOLVED
  This error could be caused by required additional software packages which are missing or not installable. Furthermore there could be a conflict between software packages which are not allowed to be installed at the same time.
  Transaction failed: Package dependencies cannot be resolved
   The following packages have unmet dependencies:

  grub-efi-amd64-signed: Depends: grub2-common (>= 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.31) but 2.04-1ubuntu26.11 is to be installed
  ***********

  Isn't 2.04 > than 2.02?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.142.11+2.04-1ubuntu26.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-72.80-generic 5.4.101
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.17
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: XFCE
  Date: Mon May 10 16:32:05 2021
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-01 (404 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  SourcePackage: grub2-signed
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-09-29 (223 days ago)

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