Your message dated Mon, 18 Aug 2025 21:37:01 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1055526: fixed in efibootmgr 18-3
has caused the Debian Bug report #1055526,
regarding efibootmgr: output broken and shows hex dump after update (can be
fixed with -u, which is documented as unrelated)
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Package: efibootmgr
Version: 18-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
-- >8 --
$ efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0005
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0004,0001,0002,0003
Boot0001* UEFI:CD/DVD Drive BBS(129,,0x0)
Boot0002* UEFI:Removable Device BBS(130,,0x0)
Boot0003* UEFI:Network Device BBS(131,,0x0)
Boot0004* Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid with Linux 6.1.0-7-amd64
HD(1,GPT,48520351-6c2c-4617-a8d1-f353b750ef98,0x800,0x76800)/File(\KLAPKI\731B69F0DAC147EFADFED92F12712736\6.1.0-7-AMD64\VMLINUZ-6.1.0-7-AMD64)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
Boot0005* Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid with Linux 6.1.0-9-amd64
HD(1,GPT,48520351-6c2c-4617-a8d1-f353b750ef98,0x800,0x76800)/File(\KLAPKI\731B69F0DAC147EFADFED92F12712736\6.1.0-9-AMD64\VMLINUZ-6.1.0-9-AMD64)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
-- >8 --
This is very cool and very useful.
Previous versions did something like this:
-- >8 --
BootCurrent: 0005
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0004,0001,0002,0003
Boot0001* UEFI:CD/DVD Drive BBS(129,,0x0)
Boot0002* UEFI:Removable Device BBS(130,,0x0)
Boot0003* UEFI:Network Device BBS(131,,0x0)
Boot0004* Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid with Linux 6.1.0-7-amd64
HD(1,GPT,48520351-6c2c-4617-a8d1-f353b750ef98,0x800,0x76800)/File(\KLAPKI\731B69F0DAC147EFADFED92F12712736\6.1.0-7-AMD64\VMLINUZ-6.1.0-7-AMD64)i.n.i.t.r.d.=.\.k.l.a.p.k.i.\.7.3.1.b.6.9.f.0.d.a.c.1.4.7.e.f.a.d.f.e.d.9.2.f.1.2.7.1.2.7.3.6.\.6...1...0.-.7.-.a.m.d.6.4.\.i.n.i.t.r.d...i.m.g.-.6...1...0.-.7.-.a.m.d.6.4.
.r.o.o.t.=.z.f.s.:.A.U.T.O. .f.b.c.o.n.=.r.o.t.a.t.e.:.3.
.i.n.t.e.l._.i.o.m.m.u.=.o.n.
.z.f.s...z.f.s._.a.r.c._.m.a.x.=.1.2.8.8.4.9.0.1.8.8.8. .q.u.i.e.t.
.m.o.d.u.l.e...s.i.g._.e.n.f.o.r.c.e.=.1.
Boot0005* Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid with Linux 6.1.0-9-amd64
HD(1,GPT,48520351-6c2c-4617-a8d1-f353b750ef98,0x800,0x76800)/File(\KLAPKI\731B69F0DAC147EFADFED92F12712736\6.1.0-9-AMD64\VMLINUZ-6.1.0-9-AMD64).i.n.i.t.r.d.=.\.k.l.a.p.k.i.\.7.3.1.b.6.9.f.0.d.a.c.1.4.7.e.f.a.d.f.e.d.9.2.f.1.2.7.1.2.7.3.6.\.6...1...0.-.9.-.a.m.d.6.4.\.i.n.i.t.r.d...i.m.g.-.6...1...0.-.9.-.a.m.d.6.4.
.r.o.o.t.=.z.f.s.:.A.U.T.O. .f.b.c.o.n.=.r.o.t.a.t.e.:.3.
.i.n.t.e.l._.i.o.m.m.u.=.o.n.
.z.f.s...z.f.s._.a.r.c._.m.a.x.=.1.2.8.8.4.9.0.1.8.8.8. .q.u.i.e.t.
.m.o.d.u.l.e...s.i.g._.e.n.f.o.r.c.e.=.1.
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which was suboptimal but still okay (as-in "readable").
The manual says:
-- >8 --
-u | --unicode | --UCS-2
Handle extra command line arguments as UCS-2 (default is ASCII).
-- >8 --
which reads to me like "arguments are already UCS-2, so don't re-encode
them" (how this works with arguments terminating at NULs is beyond me,
but that's neither here nor there). However:
-- >8 --
$ efibootmgr -u
BootCurrent: 0005
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0005,0004,0001,0002,0003
Boot0001* UEFI:CD/DVD Drive BBS(129,,0x0)
Boot0002* UEFI:Removable Device BBS(130,,0x0)
Boot0003* UEFI:Network Device BBS(131,,0x0)
Boot0004* Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid with Linux 6.1.0-7-amd64
HD(1,GPT,48520351-6c2c-4617-a8d1-f353b750ef98,0x800,0x76800)/File(\KLAPKI\731B69F0DAC147EFADFED92F12712736\6.1.0-7-AMD64\VMLINUZ-6.1.0-7-AMD64)initrd=\klapki\731b69f0dac147efadfed92f12712736\6.1.0-7-amd64\initrd.img-6.1.0-7-amd64
root=zfs:AUTO fbcon=rotate:3 intel_iommu=on zfs.zfs_arc_max=12884901888 quiet
module.sig_enforce=1
Boot0005* Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid with Linux 6.1.0-9-amd64
HD(1,GPT,48520351-6c2c-4617-a8d1-f353b750ef98,0x800,0x76800)/File(\KLAPKI\731B69F0DAC147EFADFED92F12712736\6.1.0-9-AMD64\VMLINUZ-6.1.0-9-AMD64)initrd=\klapki\731b69f0dac147efadfed92f12712736\6.1.0-9-amd64\initrd.img-6.1.0-9-amd64
root=zfs:AUTO fbcon=rotate:3 intel_iommu=on zfs.zfs_arc_max=12884901888 quiet
module.sig_enforce=1
-- >8 --
So..?
Best,
наб
-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers unstable-debug
APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.1.0-9-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE
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 efibootmgr depends on:
ii libc6 2.37-12
ii libefiboot1 38-2
ii libefivar1 38-2
ii libpopt0 1.19+dfsg-1
efibootmgr recommends no packages.
efibootmgr suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: efibootmgr
Source-Version: 18-3
Done: Mario Limonciello <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
efibootmgr, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Mario Limonciello <[email protected]> (supplier of updated efibootmgr package)
(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:05:18 -0500
Source: efibootmgr
Built-For-Profiles: noudeb
Architecture: source
Version: 18-3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian UEFI Maintainers <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Mario Limonciello <[email protected]>
Closes: 1055526
Changes:
efibootmgr (18-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ наб ]
* Import upstream PR #224, fixing File() sections being listed in base16
Closes: #1055526
.
[ Mario Limonciello (AMD) ]
* d/watch: update
* Add salsa-ci.yml
* d/control: b-d on pkgconf instead of pkg-config
* d/control: update standards version
* d/copyright: update URL for upstream
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