package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.187.2~20.04.2+2.06-2ubuntu14 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 32

[Magnus Larsson]

Stopping some services possibly affected by the upgrade (will be restarted later):
  cron: stopping...done.

Unpacking libc6:amd64 (2.35-0ubuntu3.1) over (2.31-0ubuntu9.9) ...

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Setting up libc6:amd64 (2.35-0ubuntu3.1) ...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
Checking init scripts...
Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade:
  cron: restarting...done.
  atd: restarting...done.

Services restarted successfully.

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(Reading database ... 109028 files and directories currently installed.)
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Selecting previously unselected package libtirpc-common.
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Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.187.2~20.04.2+2.06-2ubuntu14) ...

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mount: /var/lib/grub/esp: special device /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-VMware_Virtual_NVMe_Disk_VMWare_NVME_0000-part1 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
Setting up libtirpc-common (1.3.2-2ubuntu0.1) ...
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Generating locales (this might take a while)...
  en_US.UTF-8...ERROR: Cannot create report: [Errno 17] File exists: '/var/crash/grub-efi-amd64-signed.0.crash'
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dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of shim-signed:
 shim-signed depends on grub-efi-amd64-signed | grub-efi-arm64-signed; however:
  Package grub-efi-amd64-signed is not configured yet.
  Package grub-efi-arm64-signed is not installed.

dpkg: error processing package shim-signed (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
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Errors were encountered while processing:
 grub-efi-amd64-signed
 shim-signed
Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.187.2~20.04.2+2.06-2ubuntu14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-137.154-generic 5.4.218
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-137-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.25
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Sun Feb 5 17:49:47 2023
DuplicateSignature:
 package:grub-efi-amd64-signed:1.187.2~20.04.2+2.06-2ubuntu14
 Setting up grub-efi-amd64-signed (1.187.2~20.04.2+2.06-2ubuntu14) ...
 mount: /var/lib/grub/esp: special device /dev/disk/by-id/nvme-VMware_Virtual_NVMe_Disk_VMWare_NVME_0000-part1 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 2021-04-13 (663 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.10, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3.2
 apt 2.0.9
SourcePackage: grub2-signed
Title: package grub-efi-amd64-signed 1.187.2~20.04.2+2.06-2ubuntu14 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 32
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2023-02-05 (0 days ago)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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