linux-firmware fails to upgrade to linux-firmware 1.187.37

[EOLE team]

The focal-proposed package linux-firmware 1.187.37 fails to upgrade.

root@eolebase:~# apt dist-upgrade
Lecture des listes de paquets... Fait
Construction de l'arbre des dépendances
Lecture des informations d'état... Fait
Calcul de la mise à jour... Fait
Les paquets suivants ont été installés automatiquement et ne sont plus nécessaires :
  linux-headers-5.4.0-144 linux-headers-5.4.0-144-generic linux-image-5.4.0-144-generic linux-modules-5.4.0-144-generic linux-modules-extra-5.4.0-144-generic
Veuillez utiliser « apt autoremove » pour les supprimer.
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Les paquets suivants seront mis à jour :
  linux-firmware
1 mis à jour, 0 nouvellement installés, 0 à enlever et 0 non mis à jour.
40 partiellement installés ou enlevés.
Il est nécessaire de prendre 0 o/136 Mo dans les archives.
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(Lecture de la base de données... 175550 fichiers et répertoires déjà installés.)
Préparation du dépaquetage de .../linux-firmware_1.187.37_all.deb ...
Dépaquetage de linux-firmware (1.187.37) sur (1.187.36) ...
dpkg: erreur de traitement de l'archive /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.187.37_all.deb (--unpack) :
 impossible d'ouvrir « /lib/firmware/ath11k/WCN6855/hw2.0/regdb.bin.dpkg-new »: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
Aucun rapport « apport » n'a été créé car le message d'erreur rapporte un problème sur le système local
                                                                                                       update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-145-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.4.0-144-generic
Des erreurs ont été rencontrées pendant l'exécution :
 /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-firmware_1.187.37_all.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

It's the same error as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1964814 but on focal release.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-firmware 1.187.36
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-145.162-generic 5.4.229
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-145-generic x86_64
AlsaDevices:
 total 0
 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 mars 21 10:55 seq
 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 mars 21 10:55 timer
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay'
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord'
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Tue Mar 21 11:07:37 2023
Dependencies:

HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=08c5b462-ecc0-4469-8938-bf939ebb180d
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-12-17 (823 days ago)
InstallationMedia: EOLE 2.8.0 "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20201217)
IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig'
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd QEMU USB Tablet
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Lsusb-t:
 /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=uhci_hcd/2p, 12M
     |__ Port 1: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Human Interface Device, Driver=usbhid, 12M
MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
PackageArchitecture: all
PciMultimedia:

ProcFB: 0 bochs-drmdrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-5.4.0-145-generic root=/dev/mapper/vgeolebase-root ro rootdelay=90
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-145-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-145-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.187.36
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill'
SourcePackage: linux-firmware
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS
dmi.bios.version: 1.12.0-1
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-3.1
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.12.0-1:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-3.1:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-3.1:
dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)
dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-3.1
dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Gerhard Gonter (gg-lp)]

I also ran into the same problem on all Ubuntu 20.04 machines (physical and virtual) which had the focal proposed channel subscribed. On one virtual machine I had to reinstall dpkg which was weird by itself. Otherwise nothing bad happens, the version for the package "linux-firmware" is stuck on version 1.187.36 which seems to be ok.

[Gerhard Gonter (gg-lp)]

The workaround described in [11] worked for me, so including the preinst script from linux-firmware_20220329.git681281e4-0ubuntu3.10_all.deb would do the trick.

* [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/1964814/comments/11

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Hello EOLE, or anyone else affected,

Accepted linux-firmware into focal-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/1.187.38 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

Please help us by testing this new package. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation on how to enable and use -proposed. Your feedback will aid us getting this update out to other Ubuntu users.

If this package fixes the bug for you, please add a comment to this bug, mentioning the version of the package you tested, what testing has been performed on the package and change the tag from verification-needed-focal to verification-done-focal. If it does not fix the bug for you, please add a comment stating that, and change the tag to verification-failed-focal. In either case, without details of your testing we will not be able to proceed.

Further information regarding the verification process can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/PerformingSRUVerification . Thank you in advance for helping!

N.B. The updated package will be released to -updates after the bug(s) fixed by this package have been verified and the package has been in -proposed for a minimum of 7 days.

[EOLE team (eole-team)]

Upgrade from linux-firmware 1.187.36 to 1.187.38 (new focal-proposed package) OK for me.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 1.187.38

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linux-firmware (1.187.38) focal; urgency=medium

  * linux-firmware fails to upgrade to linux-firmware 1.187.37 (LP: #2012372)
    - [Packaging] Remove directory symlink before package upgrade

linux-firmware (1.187.37) focal; urgency=medium

  * Frequent wakeups on HP Pro x360 435 13.3 inch G9 using Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 (LP: #2006458)
    - SAUCE: ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: Move fw to correct location
    - ath11k: add links for WCN6855 hw2.1
    - WHENCE: ath11k: move regdb.bin before board-2.bin
    - ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: update board-2.bin
    - ath11k: WCN6855 hw2.0: update to WLAN.HSP.1.1-03125-QCAHSPSWPL_V1_V2_SILICONZ_LITE-3.6510.23

 -- Juerg Haefliger <email address hidden> Wed, 22 Mar 2023 10:16:20 +0100

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The verification of the Stable Release Update for linux-firmware has completed successfully and the package is now being released to -updates. Subsequently, the Ubuntu Stable Release Updates Team is being unsubscribed and will not receive messages about this bug report. In the event that you encounter a regression using the package from -updates please report a new bug using ubuntu-bug and tag the bug report regression-update so we can easily find any regressions.