Bug#1017741: [PATCH] Update package description for EFI*

[Colin Watson]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 03:50:44AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
> index 71cca4436..74769e0eb 100644
> --- a/debian/control
> +++ b/debian/control
> @@ -263,11 +263,11 @@ Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 modules)
>      update-grub.
>   .
>   This package contains GRUB modules that have been built for use with the
> - EFI-IA32 architecture, as used by Intel Macs (unless a BIOS interface has
> - been activated).  It can be installed in parallel with other flavours, but
> - will not automatically install GRUB as the active boot loader nor
> - automatically update grub.cfg on upgrade unless grub-efi-ia32 is also
> - installed.
> + EFI-IA32 architecture, as used by modern PCs with UEFI (unless a legacy PC
> + BIOS interface has been activated).  It can be installed in parallel with
> + other flavours, but will not automatically install GRUB as the active boot
> + loader nor automatically update grub.cfg on upgrade unless grub-efi-ia32 is
> + also installed.
>  
>  Package: grub-efi-ia32-dbg
>  Section: debug
> @@ -296,9 +296,9 @@ Description: GRand Unified Bootloader, version 2 (EFI-IA32 version)
>      update-grub.
>   .
>   This is a dependency package for a version of GRUB that has been built for
> - use with the EFI-IA32 architecture, as used by Intel Macs (unless a BIOS
> - interface has been activated).  Installing this package indicates that this
> - version of GRUB should be the active boot loader.
> + use with the EFI-IA32 architecture, as used by modern PCs with UEFI (unless a
> + legacy PC BIOS interface has been activated).  Installing this package
> + indicates that this version of GRUB should be the active boot loader.
>  
>  Package: grub-efi-ia32-signed-template
>  Architecture: i386

This part of the patch looks wrong.  The efi-ia32 platform (i.e. 32-bit
firmware; note that this is *not* about which OS architecture is in use)
is in fact suitable for only very few modern PCs; IIRC there were a few
others beyond just Intel Macs, though I think Intel Macs were still the
majority sold.

The changes look more accurate for the efi-amd64 platform (i.e. 64-bit
firmware).

-- 
Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson at debian.org]