[Bug 2045042] Re: grub-mkconfig fails version_find_latest command not found

[Owen]

Many thanks. In the end I deleted all the scripts from /etc/grub.d ,
uninstalled all the grub packages with --purge and reinstalled. This
recreated the scripts and I was then able to add the required bits to boot
my old laptop.

It should be noted that I think this broke the Ubuntu upgrade. At the end
of the upgrade when it attempts to install the bootloader it failed to
install anything on sda . Instead it found the install of grml-rescueboot
and installed a bootloader on sdd! This then started my attempts to repair
the system and this bug report.

On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 at 21:12, Julian Andres Klode <
2045042 at bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:

> FWIW we are going to work around this in the 2.12 final release
> upstream, I sent a patch earlier today but I don't think there's much
> value tracking this here or the earlier bugs, but I've heard enough of
> these that I just added them back for the release.
>
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> Title:
>   grub-mkconfig fails version_find_latest command not found
>
> Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   grub-mkconfig fails "version_find_latest command not found".
>   Apparently version_find_latest has been retired. There is a workaround
>   patch, which needs to be applied by hand with the Ubuntu scrips. Seems
>   to also affect booting with the last configuration, making unattended
>   reboot impossible.
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
>   Package: grub-common 2.12~rc1-12ubuntu2
>   Uname: Linux 6.6.2-1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64
>   NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
>   ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu6
>   Architecture: amd64
>   CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
>   CurrentDesktop: KDE
>   Date: Tue Nov 28 14:51:02 2023
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-06 (2183 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64
> (20171018)
>   SourcePackage: grub2
>   UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2023-11-28 (0 days ago)
>   modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.10_linux: [deleted]
>   modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.10_linux_zfs: [deleted]
>   modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.20_linux_xen: [deleted]
>   modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.30_os-prober: [deleted]
>   modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.30_uefi-firmware: [deleted]
>   modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.40_custom: [deleted]
>   modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.41_custom: [deleted]
>
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Title:
  grub-mkconfig fails version_find_latest command not found

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  grub-mkconfig fails "version_find_latest command not found".
  Apparently version_find_latest has been retired. There is a workaround
  patch, which needs to be applied by hand with the Ubuntu scrips. Seems
  to also affect booting with the last configuration, making unattended
  reboot impossible.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
  Package: grub-common 2.12~rc1-12ubuntu2
  Uname: Linux 6.6.2-1-liquorix-amd64 x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.27.0-0ubuntu6
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Tue Nov 28 14:51:02 2023
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-12-06 (2183 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Release amd64 (20171018)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to noble on 2023-11-28 (0 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.10_linux: [deleted]
  modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.10_linux_zfs: [deleted]
  modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.20_linux_xen: [deleted]
  modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.30_os-prober: [deleted]
  modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.30_uefi-firmware: [deleted]
  modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.40_custom: [deleted]
  modified.conffile..etc.grub.d.41_custom: [deleted]

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