[Bug 1603072] Re: [MIR] libsmbios

[Michael Terry]

Steve subscribed.  Approved.

** Changed in: libsmbios (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Committed

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Title:
  [MIR] libsmbios

Status in libsmbios package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  [Availability]
  Already in Ubuntu universe.

  [Rationale]
  fwupdate 8-1 and fwupd 0.7.3-1 require libsmbios.

  * For fwupd this adds a plugin that is able to do firmware updates to Dell TB15/WD15 docks and Dell TPM devices which are not present in the ESRT table.
  https://github.com/hughsie/fwupd/commit/958ead697be33b2bbedcd81108cde7e15f9586aa

  * For fwupdate this allows turning on UEFI capsule support in the BIOS (fwupdate unlock) without entering the BIOS.
  https://github.com/rhinstaller/fwupdate/commit/3b08a1622e92c3a9c42f6773214dc3f41f13484b

  [Security]
  No CVEs have been reported against libsmbios.

  [Quality assurance]
  No binaries in libraries.  If smbios-utils is installed, binaries all have --help arguments.
  No debconf questions.
  Bug trackers: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?repeatmerged=no&src=libsmbios
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsmbios/
  Exotic hardware?  No.
  Includes debian watch file

  [Dependencies]
  libcppunit-dev is a build dependency in universe.
  chrpath is a build dependency in universe.

  None of those dependencies are needed at runtime.

  [Standards compliance]
  I'm not aware of any violations of this.  If there are any, I'm happy to work with upstream to resolve them.

  [Maintenance]
  I would expect this to be owned by foundations.

  [Background information]
  Dell has maintained libsmbios upstream.  The interfaces that it uses with the BIOS for SMM haven't changed in any significant way in recent years.  Releases are done very slowly (although 2.3 was just released this past year).

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