package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.187.3~22.04.1+2.06-2ubuntu14.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 32

[Tilmann Zäschke]

This happen after updating grub. Possibly related: I have a triple boot config, with two grub installations, the other from openSuse. I tried to update both. There was a kernel update happening in the same update.

$ uname -a
Linux franky-ubuntu 5.19.0-38-generic #39~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Mar 17 21:16:15 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS
Release: 22.04

Failed update: something with "grub-efi"not sure which one.\

$apt-cache policy grub-efi
grub-efi:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.06-2ubuntu7.1
  Version table:
     2.06-2ubuntu7.1 500
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates/main amd64 Packages
     2.06-2ubuntu7 500
        500 http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy/main amd64 Packages

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.187.3~22.04.1+2.06-2ubuntu14.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-38.39~22.04.1-generic 5.19.17
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-38-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: socwatch2_15 vtsspp sep5 socperf3 pax
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Wed Apr 26 11:13:54 2023
DuplicateSignature:
 package:grub-efi-amd64-signed:1.187.3~22.04.1+2.06-2ubuntu14.1
 Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.187.3~22.04.1+2.06-2ubuntu14.1) ...
 mount: /var/lib/grub/esp: special device /, does not exist.
 dpkg: error processing package grub-efi-amd64-signed (--configure):
  installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 32
ErrorMessage: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 32
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-09-14 (223 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20220809.1)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.10, Python 3.10.6, python3-minimal, 3.10.6-1~22.04
PythonDetails: N/A
RebootRequiredPkgs: Error: path contained symlinks.
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.21.1ubuntu2.1
 apt 2.4.9
SourcePackage: grub2-signed
Title: package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.187.3~22.04.1+2.06-2ubuntu14.1 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 32
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #2015401, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

If you can, please attach the output of

debconf-get-selections | grep grub-efi/

to the bug this has been marked a duplicate of.