Bug#1111713: systemd-boot: might create a non-working EFI default entry when using secure-boot and shim

[Norbert Lange]

Package: systemd-boot
Version: 257.7-1
Severity: important

Dear Maintainer,

Using systemd-boot-efi-amd64-signed, shim-signed and systemd-boot
will result in 2 EFI entries beeing added (if they dont exists) every time
systemd-boot is upgraded.

once via 'bootctl update' which will result in a entry that is not working
when using secure-boot via the shim.

and one using the shim (if that package is installed).

I dont know why but this also happened to set the default to the
nonworking-non-shim twice (cant reproduce now).

I would like to be able to remove the "Linux Boot Manager" entry
once and dont ever have it come back.

So maybe add --no-variables to the 'bootctl update' call,
or atleast when the shim is available on the second
EFI entry will be created.



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-- System Information:
Debian Release: 13.0
  APT prefers stable-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 6.12.41+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/32 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages systemd-boot depends on:
ii  libc6                                                    2.41-12
ii  libsystemd-shared                                        257.7-1
ii  systemd                                                  257.7-1
ii  systemd-boot-efi                                         257.7-1
ii  systemd-boot-efi-amd64-signed [systemd-boot-efi-signed]  257.7-1
ii  systemd-boot-tools                                       257.7-1

Versions of packages systemd-boot recommends:
ii  efibootmgr   18-2
ii  shim-signed  1.47+15.8-1

Versions of packages systemd-boot suggests:
pn  systemd-ukify  <none>

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