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grub-pc replaces grub-efi and grub-efi-amd64 on upgrade

Bug #811913 reported by Fabian on 2011-07-17

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #800910: Kernel Upgrade forces removal of grub-efi due to missing recommends entry. Edit Remove

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned
	Natty	Triaged	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

I just installes Ubuntu 11.04 on my new system (booting with efi) and when I try to upgrade the system synaptic suggests to remove grub-efi and grub-efi-amd64 with grub-pc.

This type of problem was reported long ago but unfortunately never fixed. Since many non mac systems start to support uefi I think it gets important to fix this problem. For more details see also bug 532903.

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) on 2011-07-25

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2011-07-25:

This is fixed in oneiric as we can see by the recommends of linux:

Package: linux-image-3.0.0-6-generic
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 147556
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: linux
Version: 3.0.0-6.7
Provides: fuse-module, ivtv-modules, kvm-api-4, linux-image, linux-image-3.0, ndiswrapper-modules-1.9, redhat-cluster-modules
Depends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6), coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0), module-init-tools (>= 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu3), wireless-crda
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.10.24)
Recommends: grub-pc | grub-efi-amd64 | grub-efi-ia32 | grub | lilo (>= 19.1)

However, it is still an issue for Natty:

Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 144580
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: linux
Version: 2.6.38-8.42
Provides: fuse-module, ivtv-modules, kvm-api-4, linux-image, linux-image-2.6, ndiswrapper-modules-1.9, redhat-cluster-modules
Depends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6), coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0), module-init-tools (>= 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu3), wireless-crda
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.10.24)
Recommends: grub-pc | grub | lilo (>= 19.1)

affects:	grub2 (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)
Changed in linux (Ubuntu Natty):
status:	New → Triaged
importance:	Undecided → High

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Petros Tsantoulis (ptsant) wrote on 2011-08-21:

This is a major deal-breaker for people with UEFI motherboard, ie most new systems. I have rarely been as disappointed. Someone should take action NOW.