Bug#1081703: systemd-boot: should default to having a chain-loading option for GRUB if grubx64.efi is installed

Russell Coker russell at coker.com.au
Sat Sep 14 02:51:04 BST 2024


Package: systemd-boot
Version: 256.6-1
Severity: normal

If systemd-boot is installed on a system that already has GRUB installed then
it should install a loader/entries/grub.conf file with contents like the
following to chain-load to GRUB:

title GRUB
efi /EFI/debian/grubx64.efi

This means that if there's a problem with systemd-boot actually booting a
kernel (which is always a risk with a new boot loader) then calling GRUB will
be more likely to work.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.10.9-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: unable to detect

Versions of packages systemd-boot depends on:
ii  libc6              2.40-2
ii  libsystemd-shared  256.6-1
ii  systemd-boot-efi   256.6-1

Versions of packages systemd-boot recommends:
ii  efibootmgr  18-2

Versions of packages systemd-boot suggests:
ii  systemd-ukify  256.6-1

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