Please update elilo to a newer version

Bug #1175026 reported by z
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This bug affects 4 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
elilo (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Jackson Doak

Bug Description

The repository contains version 3.12:

steve@t520:~$ apt-cache policy elilo
elilo:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 3.12-4ubuntu1
  Version table:
     3.12-4ubuntu1 0
        500 http://mirror.anl.gov/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages

As you can see at http://sourceforge.net/projects/elilo/files/elilo/, this version is over two years old. 3.16, the most recent version, was updated in March of this year (2013).

For UEFI-based machines, elilo is a much simpler boot manager than GRUB.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: elilo (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Apr 30 20:22:10 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-16 (226 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120916)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: elilo
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (4 days ago)

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z (steveriley-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount) wrote :
Logan Rosen (logan)
tags: added: upgrade-software-version
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in elilo (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Jackson Doak (noskcaj)
Changed in elilo (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
assignee: nobody → Jackson Doak (noskcaj)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package elilo - 3.14-3ubuntu1

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elilo (3.14-3ubuntu1) trusty; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian. LP: #1175026 Remaining changes:
    - Add nasty hacks for Apple systems - switch to text mode on startup,
      pass the framebuffer size to the system on boot, and automatically set
      legacy-free option on ia32 Apple systems.
      (needs-to-go-upstream)
    - Perform some Ubuntu branding, put all files in /EFI/ubuntu.
      (ubuntu-only)
    - Add a modprobe call if efivars facility is not found.

elilo (3.14-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * orphan this package as I no longer use it myself

elilo (3.14-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * remove unnecessary explicit iocharset request in elilo.sh that prevents
    ia64 installations from succeeding, closes: #685186

elilo (3.14-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * new upstream version

elilo (3.12-5) unstable; urgency=low

  * merge 3.12-4.1 diff from Christian Perrier
  * add VCS entries to control file
  * update standards version

elilo (3.12-4.1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Non-maintainer upload.
  * Fix pending l10n issues. Debconf translations:
    - Danish (Joe Hansen). Closes: #602446
    - Polish (Michał Kułach). Closes: #657502
 -- Jackson Doak <email address hidden> Sat, 07 Dec 2013 07:11:04 +1100

Changed in elilo (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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