Your message dated Wed, 25 Feb 2015 09:21:00 +0000 with message-id <[email protected]> and subject line Bug#776782: fixed in partman-efi 64 has caused the Debian Bug report #776782, regarding x86/mac: false warning about being in EFI mode to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: partman-efi Version: 62 Severity: normal Tags: d-i patch If you boot an x86/mac in legacy BIOS mode with a pre-existing non-UEFI OS installed, you will get the following warning: "This machine's firmware has started the installer in UEFI mode but it looks like there may be existing operating systems already installed using "BIOS compatability mode". .. "Force UEFI Installation?" The following patch resolves the issue for me. diff --git a/init.d/efi b/init.d/efi index 7b71990..42f95dd 100755 --- a/init.d/efi +++ b/init.d/efi @@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ ARCH="$(archdetect)" # Give the kernel a chance to create /proc/efi if appropriate. modprobe efivars >/dev/null 2>&1 || true -if [ -d /proc/efi ] || [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ]; then +in_efi_mode() { + [ -d /proc/efi ] || [ -d /sys/firmware/efi ] +} + +if in_efi_mode; then > /var/lib/partman/efi else case $ARCH in @@ -86,7 +90,7 @@ done log "Found $NUM_ESP ESPs, $NUM_NO non-ESPs" -if [ $NUM_ESP = 0 ] && [ $NUM_NO -gt 0 ]; then +if in_efi_mode && [ $NUM_ESP = 0 ] && [ $NUM_NO -gt 0 ]; then case $ARCH in i386/*|amd64/*) db_input critical partman-efi/non_efi_system || true -- System Information: Debian Release: 8.0 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386, arm64 Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
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--- Begin Message ---Source: partman-efi Source-Version: 64 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of partman-efi, 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 [email protected], and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Christian Perrier <[email protected]> (supplier of updated partman-efi package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing [email protected]) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 06:57:28 +0100 Source: partman-efi Binary: partman-efi Architecture: source i386 Version: 64 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <[email protected]> Changed-By: Christian Perrier <[email protected]> Description: partman-efi - Add to partman support for EFI System Partitions (udeb) Closes: 776782 Changes: partman-efi (64) unstable; urgency=medium . [ dann frazier ] * Avoid false warning about being in EFI mode on x86/macs booted in legacy mode. Closes: #776782 Checksums-Sha1: 6dc0416b100161ecf4c42033974b46c833c4fc07 1720 partman-efi_64.dsc 937c7f8ce7bc62da2d20e965cd449b376f725894 63724 partman-efi_64.tar.xz d0580ab803b2a6bb81e1280d468e7b6a31cf6b48 41108 partman-efi_64_i386.udeb Checksums-Sha256: 455325492418dc323e710dbb4260801ad6224fd4335bd29d36873e17134a5fc7 1720 partman-efi_64.dsc 9768de9a0cce0449ef3b759fd6906db3ffafde9aef2d8fda2807285b874b2376 63724 partman-efi_64.tar.xz 5e5408517d5ac1c13c3c61afb319c3878bad1af1ffbf9f5245b13a1d3df71db5 41108 partman-efi_64_i386.udeb Files: 2492beb1a1107d17f97f2c9de25f90e2 1720 debian-installer standard partman-efi_64.dsc 09fc7cfc7b80f2e0afbb7e42e65fa212 63724 debian-installer standard partman-efi_64.tar.xz e9431780f7ca526d57e7597da0e76046 41108 debian-installer standard partman-efi_64_i386.udeb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJU7YPHAAoJEIcvcCxNbiWomQAQAIESla0gJhPHOiVq29MtGovz 2aax3vq6scF/x2Oz1Y83pGP2HghWFxuhDPSgRo0i1TT6xMYPFaFxw4kPDq3nFGrE hjBlk7c/i5Uk3YdYXoLhPbfEjSeKhOK5UQWuOoSH8xhJru8FR3ifX2azSjEApwAR ueHrpp4z1+pmjcFsNuFvDhu5tBp4mlBw4sfJpzpyP567RZ/5SVH2yNO1nlrWNWV6 8SJZd3UPmro/7/ZS4vD+GHRE5yr/myxlpetJT5XAC9Gj2JKhmLgBvriIMYFGxIus imtaZVE/GVgrSFeyKy3V/v98kfrr5lHLHK0tCtSeqIpC29H1Pgaf/4YoooWFQOVO HJC3skGSK2MhZhhiqzWjaFOZpl9OJdgb8J5AnxI2cfsqYKKmAfDkc9Hfkxi04ite zhsoSK75JNct108KVhrBrvsIgVZGH9bkND22M871aStYPyzSHRrVRUlvb2vTiJiE G98NIHSb9600k5AYLntuOd7PkfMjBxNWDMTLlH/M2ydUppn9j4KYzKpdkEBsctSy cSerlyabvMBrcK6ecm5jAw3/IRTQXLcsedyInHhBog7jD/8Em44s7RODrfUjjbJa uE3sMxpuu4UHeTmn1rBoyA3hepZ6MI9EadVkEMxJ+bOvxDWGJ9W9iS4JwAbn961j qwPRdcJEbgEvwEhMF1R+ =Dm/9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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