AAVMF firmware volume (de)serialization broken

[Mate Kukri]

python-uefivars has some bugs and broken assumptions that make it incompatible with AAVMF (ARM64 edk2 firmware) variable volumes.

This bug has an attached debdiff that cherry-picks some patches from my upstream branch that solve the issue:
- "edk2.py: Use length from firmware volume header (Fixes #9) #10": Merged into upstream main
- "edk2.py: Improve firmware volume (de)serialization #11": Open pull request

Please see upstream bug report and pull requests for more details:
- https://github.com/awslabs/python-uefivars/issues/9
- https://github.com/awslabs/python-uefivars/pull/10
- https://github.com/awslabs/python-uefivars/pull/11

[Simon Chopin (schopin)]

Hi Mate,

Thanks for the debdiff. There are still a few things that can be improved before uploading, though:

* Please add a bug reference in your d/changelog entry
* We're sorely lacking context to understand what this is about, could you add some more in the bug title and description?
* Please add DEP-2 headers to your patches to make ongoing maintenance easier: https://dep-team.pages.debian.net/deps/dep3/
  Notably the headers regarding upstream status are IMHO particularly useful: Forwarded, Applied-Upstream.

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Cheers,
Simon

[Mate Kukri (mkukri)]

* Uploading new debdiff with bug reference
* Changing the title and description with more details
* Re DEP-3, these are git commits from my upstream branch cherry-picked then exported via `gbp pq export`.
  I would prefer to not mangle the headers (unless gbp pq can do DEP-3?).
  - One of these patches is already included in upstream git, and I would like the same for the others.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package python-uefivars - 1.0.0-0ubuntu2

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python-uefivars (1.0.0-0ubuntu2) noble; urgency=medium

  * Cherry-pick edk2 firmware volume (de)serialization fixes (LP: #2051348)

 -- Mate Kukri <email address hidden> Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:16:09 +0000