Re: Bug#976094: buster-pu: package grub2/2.02+dfsg1-20+deb10u3
Control: tags -1 + confirmed d-i
On Sun, 2020-11-29 at 16:57 +0000, Colin Watson wrote:
> Following the security updates in July for the "BootHole" set of
> vulnerabilities, we had a number of reports of failures to boot after
> the upgrade. These weren't fundamentally a new problem, in that
> we've always had a smattering of such reports after GRUB
> kernel/module ABI changes, but it's obviously problematic for
> affected users and it creates a considerable distraction from trying
> to work out whether the security update itself is in fact OK, so I'd
> like to attempt to improve the situation in stable.
>
> The attached patch is a set of backports from unstable, partly by me
> and partly from similar attempts to improve upgrade reliability in
> Ubuntu, thanks to Dimitri John Ledkov.
Sorry for the delay in picking this back up.
I do have a _slight_ concern that someone with a crazily small /boot
will end up being broken by the new backup code, but agree that it is
better than the current situation.
As grub produces udebs, this will need a KiBi-ack, so tagging and CCing
accordingly.
Regards,
Adam
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