Bug#912038: grub-cloud-amd64: fails to install

[Holger Levsen]

Package: grub-cloud-amd64
Version: 0.0.2
Severity: serious
User: debian-***@lists.debian.org
Usertags: piuparts

Hi,

during a test in a schroot I noticed your package failed to install. As
per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for
a release, thus the severity.

~$ sudo schroot apt install grub-cloud-amd64
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
efibootmgr grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed grub-pc-bin libefiboot1 libefivar1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
efibootmgr grub-cloud-amd64 grub-efi-amd64-bin grub-efi-amd64-signed grub-pc-bin libefiboot1 libefivar1
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1969 kB of archives.
After this operation, 12.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
E: Can not write log (Is /dev/pts mounted?) - posix_openpt (2: No such file or directory)
Selecting previously unselected package libefivar1:amd64.
(Reading database ... 293476 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../0-libefivar1_34-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libefivar1:amd64 (34-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package libefiboot1:amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../1-libefiboot1_34-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libefiboot1:amd64 (34-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package efibootmgr.
Preparing to unpack .../2-efibootmgr_15-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking efibootmgr (15-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package grub-efi-amd64-bin.
Preparing to unpack .../3-grub-efi-amd64-bin_2.02+dfsg1-6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking grub-efi-amd64-bin (2.02+dfsg1-6) ...
Selecting previously unselected package grub-pc-bin.
Preparing to unpack .../4-grub-pc-bin_2.02+dfsg1-6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking grub-pc-bin (2.02+dfsg1-6) ...
Selecting previously unselected package grub-cloud-amd64.
Preparing to unpack .../5-grub-cloud-amd64_0.0.2_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking grub-cloud-amd64 (0.0.2) ...
Selecting previously unselected package grub-efi-amd64-signed.
Preparing to unpack .../6-grub-efi-amd64-signed_1+2.02+dfsg1+6_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking grub-efi-amd64-signed (1+2.02+dfsg1+6) ...
Setting up grub-pc-bin (2.02+dfsg1-6) ...
Setting up libefivar1:amd64 (34-1) ...
Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1+2.02+dfsg1+6) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-6) ...
Setting up libefiboot1:amd64 (34-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.4-2+b1) ...
Setting up efibootmgr (15-1) ...
Setting up grub-efi-amd64-bin (2.02+dfsg1-6) ...
Setting up grub-cloud-amd64 (0.0.2) ...
grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/ (is /dev mounted?).
Installing for i386-pc platform.
grub-install: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub (is /dev mounted?).
dpkg: error processing package grub-cloud-amd64 (--configure):
installed grub-cloud-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-6) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
grub-cloud-amd64
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
~$

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Your message dated Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:24:19 +0200
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and subject line Re: Bug#912038: grub-cloud-amd64: fails to install
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[Holger Levsen]

reopen 912038
thanks

Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 17:24:19 +0200
Subject: Re: Bug#912038: grub-cloud-amd64: fails to install
User-Agent: NeoMutt/20170113 (1.7.2)
Hi

Post by Holger Levsen
during a test in a schroot I noticed your package failed to install. As
per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for
a release, thus the severity.

Which one?

https://release.debian.org/buster/rc_policy.txt

5. General

(a) Supportable

Packages in the archive must not be so buggy or out of date that
we refuse to support them.



This package is too buggy. We expect all packages to install fine under
all circumstances.

Anyway, it is the purpose of this package to work in specific
environment only, so I'm closing this. Please read the description.

you said so before, and yet its wrong. I also tried to explain what you
do instead, but you didnt listen, so I filed #912041 and described there
what you should do instead.

Please don't close this bug again, unless you coordinated with
debian-release that they suddenly want such buggy packages in the
release.

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Post by Holger Levsen
reopen 912038

Bug #912038 {Done: Bastian Blank <***@debian.org>} [grub-cloud-amd64] grub-cloud-amd64: fails to install
Bug reopened
Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #912038 to the same values previously set

Post by Holger Levsen
thanks

Stopping processing here.

Please contact me if you need assistance.

[Bastian Blank]

Dear release team

Post by Holger Levsen
5. General
(a) Supportable
Packages in the archive must not be so buggy or out of date that
we refuse to support them.
This package is too buggy. We expect all packages to install fine under
all circumstances.

Please clearify this point. The package installs fine where it is
supposed to be. To buggy to be supported at least from my point of view
means it does not work what it is supposed to do.

If you prefer a different reading, please clarify this in this list.

However then I need to decide what to do. And the simple solution is to
hard-code this package into the cloud build process, where no further
supervision or even possibility to fix it after the fact exists.

Bastian

[Debian Bug Tracking System]

Your message dated Sat, 08 Dec 2018 18:20:37 +0000
with message-id <E1gVhDR-0006fJ-***@fasolo.debian.org>
and subject line Bug#912038: fixed in grub-cloud 0.0.4
has caused the Debian Bug report #912038,
regarding grub-cloud-amd64: fails to install
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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