The upgrade of base-files from 11.1 to 12 broke the use of EFI Unified
Kernel Images[1] with sd-boot. Sd-boot depends on at least one of
VERSION, VERSION_ID, or CODENAME being set[2] by dracut in the embedded
copy of (/etc|/usr/lib)/os-release to detect the file as a valid image.

Would it be possible to set at least one of those?

Regards,


Victor Westerhuis

[1]:
https://systemd.io/BOOT_LOADER_SPECIFICATION/#type-2-efi-unified-kernel-images
[2]:
https://sources.debian.org/src/systemd/247.9-1/src/boot/efi/boot.c/#L1985

No. Relaying on VERSION, VERSION_ID, or CODENAME is a bad idea.

Packages uploaded for unstable right now are intented to work in a
bookworm environment (when stable), so there should be no need to use "cases".

If absolutely necessary, sd-boot could assume that codename is "bullseye"
when undefined, but this will only work until there is a behaviour
change between bullseye and bookworm in any of the tools on which
sd-boot depends. This is why Depends were created.

In either case, if you need to act differently according to specific
things that alter the desired behaviour of sd-boot, it will be a lot
better to check for those things specifically, not the Debian version.

Please reassign.

reassign 993292 systemd
thanks

Hi. I asked this bug to be reassigned here:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=993292#10

Now I see that you added an "affects", so I have to repeat: This is
*not* a bug in base-files. The standard says

VERSION
  This field is optional.
VERSION_ID
  This field is optional.
VERSION_CODENAME
  This field is optional and may not be implemented on all systems.

Source: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html

Therefore any program unconditionally assuming that any of those exist
is buggy and should be fixed.

Thanks.

Hello,

Bug #993292 in systemd reported by you has been fixed in the
Git repository and is awaiting an upload. You can see the commit
message below and you can check the diff of the fix at:

https://salsa.debian.org/systemd-team/systemd/-/commit/ce8a2c093bb88e7f26b67c9a0f701b57f77c2e83
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Do not require a valid version when parsing sd-boot loader entries

Closes: #993292
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https://bugs.debian.org/993292

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
systemd, 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 993292@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> (supplier of updated systemd package)

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Format: 1.8
Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:37:06 +0200
Source: systemd
Architecture: source
Version: 251.2-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers <pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
Changed-By: Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>
Closes: 993292 1009032 1012155
Changes:
 systemd (251.2-1) unstable; urgency=medium
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   * New upstream version 251.2
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