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edk2 package

EFI Shell not available as standalone program

Bug #2006980 reported by Heinrich Schuchardt
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edk2 (Debian)
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edk2 (Ubuntu)
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Heinrich Schuchardt

Bug Description

When building the edk2 package we already build the EFI shell:

* ./Build/ArmVirtQemu-ARM/RELEASE_GCC5/ARM/Shell.efi
* ./Build/ArmVirtQemu-AARCH64/RELEASE_GCC5/AARCH64/Shell.efi
* ./Build/Ovmf3264/RELEASE_GCC5/X64/Shell.efi

But we do not package it as a standalone program.

Some systems like the Lenovo X13s boot via UEFI but neither provide a BIOS menu to define Boot Options nor allow to set EFI variables at runtime. For these systems the bcfg command of the EFI Shell would be the right means to manage boot options.

Please, package Shell.efi within the edk2 source package.

Revision history for this message
Heinrich Schuchardt (xypron) wrote :

Next step: create a pull request for https://salsa.debian.org/qemu-team/edk2.git

Changed in edk2 (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Heinrich Schuchardt (xypron)
tags: added: foundations-todo
Heinrich Schuchardt (xypron)
tags: added: fr-3411
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Changed in edk2 (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package edk2 - 2023.02-2

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edk2 (2023.02-2) experimental; urgency=medium

  * Introduce efi-shell-* packages. Thanks to Heinrich Schuchardt of
    Canonical. Closes: #837093, LP: #2006980.
  * Add missing build dependency on lsb-release, thanks to José Martínez
    of Google.
  * Fix empty AAVMF_VARS.fd file, thanks to José Martínez of Google.
  * Generate a new snakeoil certificate with a CN set. LP: #2019993.

 -- dann frazier <email address hidden> Fri, 19 May 2023 17:21:36 -0600

Changed in edk2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Changed in edk2 (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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