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snap-bootstrap from snapd 2.59.3 is not booting on non-UEFI systems

Bug #2018977 reported by Alfonso Sanchez-Beato
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
snapd
Fix Committed
Critical
Alfonso Sanchez-Beato

Bug Description

A regression was introduced by https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/commit/444e5c1a6a415449fb147dffc28f2b954e35063d for non-UEFI systems so if a kernel is built with a snap-bootstrap with this change, it is possible that it won't boot depending on race conditions.

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Alfonso Sanchez-Beato (alfonsosanchezbeato) wrote :

WIP in https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/pull/12802

Sergio Cazzolato (sergio-j-cazzolato)
Changed in snapd:
status: New → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Alfonso Sanchez-Beato (alfonsosanchezbeato)
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Alfonso Sanchez-Beato (alfonsosanchezbeato) wrote :

Fix will be backported to 2.59 branch

Changed in snapd:
importance: Undecided → Critical
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Alfonso Sanchez-Beato (alfonsosanchezbeato) wrote :

Released in 2.59.4, now in the beta channel

Changed in snapd:
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Alfonso Sanchez-Beato (alfonsosanchezbeato) wrote :

The ubuntu-core-initramfs package has also been updated in the snappy-dev PPA.

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