Bug#966575: grub-pc: error: symbol `grub_calloc' not found.

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Debian folks,


Am 31.07.20 um 06:30 schrieb Paul Menzel:

> Am 30.07.20 um 23:54 schrieb Paul Menzel:
>> Package: grub-pc
>> Version: 2.04-9
>> Severity: grave
> 
>> On a Acer TravelMate 5735Z with Debian Sid/unstable, upgrading the 
>> package `grub-pc` causes GRUB to fail on next boot and drop into a 
>> rescue shell.
>>
>>      GRUB loading.
>>      Welcome to GRUB!
>>
>>      error: symbol 'grub_calloc' not found.
>>      grub rescue>
>>
>> It only seems to effects MBR installation.
> 
> I missed to report, that the system has a separate `/boot` partition and 
> a LUKS encrypted root `/`.

Sorry, please scratch that. I remembered incorrectly. It’s just one 
unencrypted F2FS formatted partition.

>> Is there a way to boot the system using the rescue shell, or is a live 
>> system needed?


Sorry for the noise. Kind regards,

Paul

>> PS: The Ubuntu report is #1889509 [1].
>>
>>
>> [1]: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1889509