Package: gummiboot Version: 44-1 Severity: serious On a machine that never had gummiboot installed installation fails:
Unpacking gummiboot (from .../gummiboot_44-1_amd64.deb) ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up gummiboot (44-1) ... Install 3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 to ESP /usr/sbin/update-gummiboot: 42: /usr/sbin/update-gummiboot: cannot create /boot/efi/loader/entries/a8eed5e4232ff9061cf1191a4b75b971-3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64.conf: Directory nonexistent dpkg: error processing gummiboot (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: gummiboot E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) pkern@simplex ~ % find /boot/efi /boot/efi /boot/efi/a8eed5e4232ff9061cf1191a4b75b971 /boot/efi/a8eed5e4232ff9061cf1191a4b75b971/3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 /boot/efi/a8eed5e4232ff9061cf1191a4b75b971/3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64/linux /boot/efi/a8eed5e4232ff9061cf1191a4b75b971/3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64/initrd The kernel and initrd are installed using »install -D«, which creates the directories in question. The entries snippet, however, is created using output redirection and no initial »mkdir -p« or »install« to create the target directory. Kind regards and thanks Philipp Kern -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (900, 'stable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.12-0.bpo.1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gummiboot depends on: ii libblkid1 2.20.1-5.3 ii libc6 2.18-4 Versions of packages gummiboot recommends: ii systemd 204-8~bpo70+1 gummiboot suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org