Bug#1089432: shim: Supporting rootless builds by default

[Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>]

Hey Paul,

Apologies for the delay :-(

On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 11:01:39AM +0200, Paul Gevers wrote:
>Hi Steve, all,
>
>[Intended as a very gentle ping.]
>
>On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:19:14 +0100 Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> wrote:
>> *However*, we're waiting on a bugfix for
>> 
>>   https://github.com/rhboot/shim/issues/741
>> 
>> which is a show-stopper bug for secure boot chains where UKIs are
>> going to be a thing. A fix is coming Real Soon Now, I've been
>> promised. That's going to prompt a 16.1 release.
>
>Could we have another update on this bug report? If I read upstreams VCS
>correctly the 16.1 release happened.

I've been pulled into a lot of upstream shim-review work, but that's
calming down now. I'm partway through prepping 16.1 shims for Debian
now.

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