grub-pc replaces grub-efi and grub-efi-amd64 on upgrade

[Fabian]

I just installes Ubuntu 11.04 on my new system (booting with efi) and when I try to upgrade the system synaptic suggests to remove grub-efi and grub-efi-amd64 with grub-pc.

This type of problem was reported long ago but unfortunately never fixed. Since many non mac systems start to support uefi I think it gets important to fix this problem. For more details see also bug 532903.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

This is fixed in oneiric as we can see by the recommends of linux:

Package: linux-image-3.0.0-6-generic
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 147556
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: linux
Version: 3.0.0-6.7
Provides: fuse-module, ivtv-modules, kvm-api-4, linux-image, linux-image-3.0, ndiswrapper-modules-1.9, redhat-cluster-modules
Depends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6), coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0), module-init-tools (>= 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu3), wireless-crda
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.10.24)
Recommends: grub-pc | grub-efi-amd64 | grub-efi-ia32 | grub | lilo (>= 19.1)

However, it is still an issue for Natty:

Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic
Status: install ok installed
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 144580
Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Source: linux
Version: 2.6.38-8.42
Provides: fuse-module, ivtv-modules, kvm-api-4, linux-image, linux-image-2.6, ndiswrapper-modules-1.9, redhat-cluster-modules
Depends: initramfs-tools (>= 0.36ubuntu6), coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0), module-init-tools (>= 3.3-pre11-4ubuntu3), wireless-crda
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.10.24)
Recommends: grub-pc | grub | lilo (>= 19.1)

[Petros Tsantoulis (ptsant)]

This is a major deal-breaker for people with UEFI motherboard, ie most new systems. I have rarely been as disappointed. Someone should take action NOW.