Bug#1110534: installation-reports: missing systemd-boot package during install

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

On Thu, Aug 07, 2025 at 04:22:31PM -0400, Alex Forrence wrote:
>Package: installation-reports
>Severity: normal
>X-Debbugs-Cc: alex.forrence@gmail.com

...

>I wanted to try out systemd-boot, so went through the text-mode expert install.
>Selected defaults for everything up until the bootloader menu entries.
>Skipped grub install and selected the systemd-boot entry. A relevant
>part of the log is below:
>
>sudo cat /var/log/installer/syslog | grep systemd-boot
>Aug  7 18:47:00 anna[2666]: DEBUG: retrieving systemd-boot-installer 0.11
>Aug  7 18:54:02 main-menu[463]: INFO: Menu item 'systemd-boot-installer' selected
>Aug  7 18:54:02 in-target: Package systemd-boot is not available, but is referred to by another package.
>Aug  7 18:54:02 in-target:  Package 'systemd-boot' has no installation candidate
>Aug  7 18:54:02 main-menu[463]: WARNING **: Configuring 'systemd-boot-installer' failed with error code 100
>Aug  7 18:54:02 main-menu[463]: WARNING **: Menu item 'systemd-boot-installer' failed.
>
>Then finished installation with the grub option.

This is a deliberate choice so far, as discussed with the systemd
maintainer. systemd-boot is not a default option for installation and
so isn't included in all the images by default. If you make sure you
use a network mirror during installation, things should work fine.

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Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
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