package grub-efi-amd64 2.04-1ubuntu26.9 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1

Bug #1917176 reported by david frostick
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
grub2 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

I was attempting a boot fix and received the error: failed to get canonical path of '/dev/nvme0n1p2'.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: grub-efi-amd64 2.04-1ubuntu26.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-7642.47~1614007149~20.04~82fb226~dev-generic 5.8.18
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-7642-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Sat Feb 27 15:36:47 2021
Df:
 Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
 /dev/nvme0n1p2 490691512 17259100 448436932 4% /
 /dev/nvme0n1p1 523248 7988 515260 2% /boot/efi
 tmpfs 3277180 10096 3267084 1% /run
ErrorMessage: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2021-02-18 (8 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423)
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8.0-7642-generic root=UUID=310f68eb-51a3-4a37-b5e4-c8c7a857cda7 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
Python3Details: /usr/bin/python3.8, Python 3.8.5, python3-minimal, 3.8.2-0ubuntu2
PythonDetails: N/A
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.19.7ubuntu3
 apt 2.0.4
SourcePackage: grub2
Title: package grub-efi-amd64 2.04-1ubuntu26.9 failed to install/upgrade: installed grub-efi-amd64 package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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david frostick (frostymonk) wrote :
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in grub2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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