Bug#1056764: grub-efi-amd64: can't boot with GRUB 2.12~rc1-12

[Julian Andres Klode]

Control: severity -1 important

On Sat, Nov 25, 2023 at 05:36:41PM -0500, Nicolas Haller wrote:
> Package: grub-efi-amd64
> Version: 2.06-13
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> My old laptop (Lenovo 11e) runs Sid and all was right before I updated
> it the other day (I don't do that very often). After that upgrade, GRUB
> wasn't able to load any kernel with the pretty much generic error
> "Error: can't load image". The version of GRUB was 2.12~rc1-12.
> If I try to boot again, GRUB tells me that I need to load the image
> first (I guess it somehow ignores the linux command and sends that when
> trying to load the initrd).

I'm downgrading this bug severity, as a single system regressing in
boot ability is not release critical. It is not possible for us to
ensure that grub continues working on every single device out there,
this grub will work for more hardware than previous grubs, and blocking
the transition to testing because it doesn't work on your 11e is not
helping anyone.

We have now also uploaded 2.12-1 and of course we welcome any patches,
but an old Lenovo 11e is not a priority, and we don't have any to test
ourselves.
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