On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 at 16:49, Christopher Obbard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 at 14:59, Steve McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 10:46:59AM -0300, Chris Hofstaedtler wrote: > > >* Christopher Obbard <[email protected]> [260722 06:13]: > > >> Source: efivar > > >> Version: 39-2 > > >> Severity: wishlist > > >> X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > > >> > > >> Dear Maintainer, > > >> > > >> I would like to upload and maintain a backport of efivar for > > >> trixie-backports. > > >> > > >> efivar 39-2 contains a patch backported from upstream[0] to enable > > >> persistent > > >> EFI variable storage on the ESP. This is needed on platform which lack > > >> dedicated firmware-managed EFI variable storage. See Bug#1102494[1] for > > >> more information. This backport is needed to enable the persistent EFI > > >> variable storage on Qualcomm platforms. > > > > > >This sounds like something that we (as a distro) might want fixed in > > >trixie, > > >not just trixie-backports. Would it be worthwhile suggesting this as an > > >update for the next trixie point release? > > > > Nod, that's not a bad idea. > > > > Christopher: would you be happy with that? > > Hmm, I wouldn't be opposed to this; but in my opinion it doesn't fix a > bug per-se and instead introduces new features so isn't suitable for a > stable point release ? > > I think having it in trixie-backports in the short term would be > better, but I am happy to propose the fix for a trixie point release > as well.
Sorry; just for the record: I also need to update & backport efivar once a new upstream release is eventually cut; so I think we leave this initial backport in place. Any queries let me know. Chris
