Bug#1034420: grub-efi-amd64: Package update fails with error: installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128

[Andrea Palazzi]

 Hi,
here below you can find the results of the script with set -x added right after set -e.
cript started on 2023-05-07 10:10:40+02:00 [COMMAND="dpkg --configure --pending" TERM="screen-256color" TTY="/dev/pts/3" COLUMNS="153" LINES="47"]
Setting up grub-efi-amd64 (2.06-12) ...
+ cached_available_ids=
+ case "$1" in
+ . /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
++ '[' '!' '' ']'
++ PERL_DL_NONLAZY=1
++ export PERL_DL_NONLAZY
++ '[' '' ']'
++ exec /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-efi-amd64.postinst configure 2.06-7
[1mdpkg:[0m error processing package grub-efi-amd64 (--configure):
 installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 128
[1mdpkg:[0m dependency problems prevent configuration of grub-efi:
 grub-efi depends on grub-efi-amd64 (= 2.06-12); however:
  Package grub-efi-amd64 is not configured yet.

[1mdpkg:[0m error processing package grub-efi (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-efi-amd64
 grub-efi

Script done on 2023-05-07 10:10:40+02:00 [COMMAND_EXIT_CODE="1"]
Hope this helps... BTW what does the exist status 128 means exactly?
ByeAndrea


    Il giovedì 27 aprile 2023 15:50:10 CEST, Steve McIntyre <steve at einval.com> ha scritto:  
 
 On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 11:05:14AM +0000, Andrea Palazzi wrote:
>>>Errors were encountered while processing:
>>> grub-efi-amd64
>>> grub-efi
>>>E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>>
>>There's not a lot to see here so far. What happens if you run:
>>
>> "sudo grub-install -v"
>>
>> by hand please?
>
>Hi,
>
>not sure if it's relevant or not, but I'm running on a ZFS boot and root
>filesystem.

Ok, thanks for the extra info.

>Regarding the grub-install command, you can find attached the full output of
>LC_ALL=C grub-install -v .

Thanks. That's not showing anything unexpected, which surprises me.

Could you please edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/grub-efi-amd64.postinst and
add a line near the top saying

set -x

and then run

# script -c "dpkg --configure --pending" dpkg.log

please? That should capture whatever is failing in dpkg.log, I hope

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve at einval.com
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