Bug#1030846: e2fsprogs: generates filesystems that grub-install doesn't recognize

[Cyril Brulebois]

Package: e2fsprogs
Version: 1.47.0-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-boot at lists.debian.org, grub2 at packages.debian.org

(Please keep debian-boot at lists.debian.org and grub2 at packages.debian.org
in the loop.)

Hi,

Spotted via debian-installer tests: grub-install fails with “unknown
filesystem” when trying to run a simple `grub-install /dev/sda` with
an all-default installation.

While there might be something wrong about e2fsprogs-udeb specifically,
possibly only affecting the installer context, I'm not sure what that
means for existing systems, hence the severity.

The “e2fsprogs gets a new upstream release and new flags” hypothesis was
confirmed by building d-i with e2fsprogs-udeb_1.46.6-1_amd64.udeb
rebranded as 1.48, which made the problem disappear.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (kibi at debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant