Hi paride, things aren't as bad as you think :-) ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms is an intended old artifact only needed for compatibility for pre-bionic upgraders. We will have to carry it as- is for now (and quite a while).
But the actual source for the real (not the compat) thing is much much newer. ipxe-qemu | 1.0.0+git-20190109.133f4c4-0ubuntu3 That is 4 years up from what you looked at :-) The new ipxe code was still failing in January so for Focal we focussed on stability and only added selected changes for some new features (see changelog). I guess in 20.10 we will pick up the (now working) new version along a new qemu. Any CVE will need the users to restart their guests to pickup the new ROMs anyway. While at that they can bump the machine-type and get the new roms. This is generally recommended but not enforced. => https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QemuKVMMigration#Upgrade_machine_type Due to this somewhat special case the FTBFS in this is of a very low prio, and not needed for Focal IMHO (there is enough going on right now). I'm ok to sponsor it into early 20.10 and if anyone (unlikely) ever wants/needs it in Focal he can use the change in this bug along the upload he had in mind. ** Also affects: ipxe-qemu-256k-compat (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: High Status: Triaged ** Changed in: ipxe-qemu-256k-compat (Ubuntu Focal) Importance: High => Low ** Tags removed: rls-ff-incoming server-next -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1870061 Title: ipxe-qemu-256k-compat ftbfs in focal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ipxe-qemu-256k-compat/+bug/1870061/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
