Public bug reported:
I wished to change the label of the EFI entry created by grub-install.
I did this by amending the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR entry in /etc/default/grub.
I then ran "dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi-amd64" expecting this to create a
folder in /boot/efi/EFI and create an EFI entry under the new label.
However it appeared that grub-install was not run at all.
After some investigation it appears that the .postinst script will not
run grub-install unless a folder already exists in /boot/efi/EFI/ with
the same name as the new GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR value. When I created an
empty folder with the new name and reran dpkg-reconfigure everything ran
fine.
I'm not suggesting a code change but perhaps a comment to this effect in
/etc/default/grub.
This was running in an up-to-date version of Kubuntu 18.04.
** Affects: grub2 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Description changed:
I wished to change the label of the EFI entry created by grub-install.
I did this by amending the GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR entry in /etc/default/grub.
I then ran "dpkg-reconfigure grub-efi-amd64" expecting this to create a
folder in /boot/efi/EFI and create an EFI entry under the new label.
However it appeared that grub-install was not run at all.
After some investigation it appears that the .postinst script will not
- run unless a folder already exists in /boot/efi/EFI/ with the same name
- as the new GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR value. When I created an empty folder with
- the new name and reran dpkg-reconfigure everything ran fine.
+ run grub-install unless a folder already exists in /boot/efi/EFI/ with
+ the same name as the new GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR value. When I created an
+ empty folder with the new name and reran dpkg-reconfigure everything ran
+ fine.
I'm not suggesting a code change but perhaps a comment to this effect in
/etc/default/grub.
This was running in an up-to-date version of Kubuntu 18.04.
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875166
Title:
grub-efi-amd64.postinst not running grub-install when GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR
changed
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