partman needs a check.d recipe to warn about lack of /boot with LUKS

Bug #1656693 reported by Ryan C. Underwood
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
partman-lvm (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

The installer failed and decided to file this bug report.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubiquity 16.10.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.379
Date: Sun Jan 15 12:23:17 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.2)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Ryan C. Underwood (nemesis-icequake) wrote :
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

It looks like you did manual partitioning, chose to use encryption, and did not create a /boot partition, which is currently required to boot from an encrypted root.

Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
Revision history for this message
Ryan C. Underwood (nemesis-icequake) wrote :

Shouldn't the installer verify that constraint before proceeding through a process that is doomed to fail?

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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Probably.

affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu) → partman-lvm (Ubuntu)
Changed in partman-lvm (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: Invalid → Triaged
summary: - 16.10 Install failed
+ partman needs a check.d recipe to warn about lack of /boot with LUKS
Changed in partman-lvm (Ubuntu):
importance: Wishlist → Low
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