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and subject line Bug#1112265: fixed in asahi-scripts 20250713-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #1112265,
regarding asahi-scripts: update-m1n1 is not idempotent, breaking intended
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Package: asahi-scripts
Version: 20250130-3
Severity: important
Tags: upstream fixed-upstream trixie forky sid
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected]
Dear Maintainer,
update-m1n1 is not idempotent: if executed twice, it will happily create a
new boot binary, replace the old boot binary (/boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin.old) with
the current one (/boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin) and then move the new boot binary to
the path of the current one (/boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin) without checking if
the new binary is the same as the current one. This breaks the fundamental
safeguard of making sure the current boot binary is always different from the
old one.
A real-life scenario where this can cause breakage is after kernel updates.
Suppose one has kernel version A and B installed, A < B, and call A and B the
boot binaries that update-m1n1 generated starting from the respective DTBs,
A: /boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin.old
B: /boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin
When the user updates to kernel version C, a new boot binary is generated and
we are left with
B: /boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin.old
C: /boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin
If the user now removes kernel version A, update-m1n1 is called again and we
are left with
C: /boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin.old
C: /boot/efi/m1n1/boot.bin
which are the same binary. If kernel version C is broken for some reason, and
1. the breakage also affects the DTBS, or 2. the DTBs in C and kernel B are
incompatible, then the user won't be able to revert to using kernel B and/or
boot binary B. If update-m1n1 were idempotent (i.e. if it checked that the new
boot binary is different from the current one before doing the replacements),
it would be impossible to end up in this situation.
Cheers!
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Source: asahi-scripts
Source-Version: 20250713-1
Done: Tobias Heider <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
asahi-scripts, 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.
Tobias Heider <[email protected]> (supplier of updated asahi-scripts package)
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Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:33:53 +0200
Source: asahi-scripts
Architecture: source
Version: 20250713-1
Distribution: sid
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Tobias Heider <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Tobias Heider <[email protected]>
Closes: 1112262 1112264 1112265
Changes:
asahi-scripts (20250713-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ NoisyCoil ]
* New upstream release (Closes: #1112262, #1112265)
* d/patches:
- add 0000-Backport-asahi-diagnose-drop-tas2764.patch to drop the
tas2764 quirk checks (Closes: #1112262)
- add 0000-Backport-update-m1n1-Expand-DTBS.patch to limit the DTBs
included in the boot binary
- 0003-debian-Add-initramfs-tools-implementation-for-cpio-f.patch:
add the apple_nvmem_spmi module to the initramfs explicitly and
declare simple-mfd-spmi and nvmem_spmi_mfd obsolete, imported
from corresponding dracut changes (Closes: #1112264)
- 0004-debian-Support-asahi-diagnose.patch: output APT sources and
preferences
- drop 0005-asahi-diagnose-update-doc-link.patch, merged upstream
- refresh
.
[ Tobias Heider ]
* d/p/*-install-debian-target.patch: Install dracut configs
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