Make bootloader updates on UEFI-based systems work #299
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I don't like that I have the bootloader ID hardcoded to |
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Fixes #297. Quick summary of changes:
grub-installcalls,--bootloader-id=debianand--force-extra-removableare used. This ensures the bootloader is installed both to the distro-specific path (/boot/efi/EFI/debian) and to the removable media path.--removableis removed from these calls as it is no longer needed and in fact prevents the normal bootloader location from being installed to. Its job is done by--force-extra-removablenow.--vmefiis enabled,grub-pc-binis installed rather thangrub-pc, allowing the BIOS bootloader to be installed but not allowing it to be automatically updated. This is to allow installinggrub-efi-ARCH, which allows automatically updating the EFI bootloader. (Sadly the two cannot be installed at the same time, which is why this change is necessary. If they could be installed at the same time, that would be best, but Debian isn't capable of that at the moment.)grub-efi-ARCHis installed along withgrub-efi-ARCH-signed.grub2/force_efi_extra_removable, is documented at https://wiki.debian.org/UEFI#Force_grub-efi_installation_to_the_removable_media_path.