Bug#988059: shim-signed fails to install on non-EFI system

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Hi Jörgen,

On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 02:45:57PM +0200, Jörgen Hägg wrote:
>Package: shim-signed
>Version: 1.34+15.4-2
>Severity: important
>
>
>Setting up shim-signed:amd64 (1.34+15.4-2) ...
>cat: /sys/firmware/efi/fw_platform_size: No such file or directory
>dpkg: error processing package shim-signed:amd64 (--configure):
> installed shim-signed:amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returne
>d error exit status 1
>Errors were encountered while processing:
> shim-signed:amd64
>
>Maybe this is the reason?
>
># mokutil --sb-state          
>EFI variables are not supported on this system
>
>Is there a workaround?
>Can I remove shim-signed?

Sure, that should give you no problems. I'm working on this and a few
other fixes now.

Out of curiosity - do you know how you had shim-signed installed in
the first place? I wouldn't expect it to be automatically installed
unless you're on an EFI system.

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