[Bug 788298] Re: grub-reboot changes boot default permanently on Lucid LTS

[Launchpad Bug Tracker]

This bug was fixed in the package grub2 - 2.02-2ubuntu8.6

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grub2 (2.02-2ubuntu8.6) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/linuxefi_fix_relocate_coff.patch: fix typo in
    relocate_coff() causing issues with relocation of code in chainload.
    (LP: #1792575)
  * debian/patches/linuxefi_truncate_overlong_reloc_section.patch: The Windows
    7 bootloader has inconsistent headers; truncate to the smaller, correct
    size to fix chainloading Windows 7. (LP: #1792575)

grub2 (2.02-2ubuntu8.5) bionic; urgency=medium

  * debian/patches/grub-reboot-warn.patch: Warn when "for the next
    boot only" promise cannot be kept. (LP: #788298)

 -- Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <cyphermox at ubuntu.com>  Thu, 27 Sep 2018
17:00:43 +0200

** Changed in: grub2 (Ubuntu Bionic)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  grub-reboot changes boot default permanently on Lucid LTS

Status in grub2 package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2-signed package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2 source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released
Status in grub2-signed source package in Bionic:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  [Impact]
  The grub-reboot manpage says it will "Set the default boot menu entry for GRUB, for the next boot only." But, that's a promise it cannot keep when GRUB cannot write to the environment block, such as when it is stored on Linux software RAID (md) or LVM devices. An administrator of such a system may expect grub-reboot to work as documented, only to find that their change is now permanent, requiring manual recovery. Users without console access may rely on grub-reboot to provide a mechanism for testing a possible-broken boot entry. If that entry causes the system to fail to boot, they may find their system unrecoverable.

  [Test Case]
  Run grub-reboot on an impacted system and check for a warning and instructions on manually restoring the default. Also, check for a warning in the grub-reboot manpage.

  [Regression Risk]
  This is a documentation change only. The documentation is emitted by (trivial) code, so a bug in that code could lead to unintentional functional changes.

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