Max Nikulin composed on 2024-08-23 10:09 (UTC+0700): > Felix Miata wrote:
>> That is written by any process that >> reads GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= to determine where to do its writing on the ESP. > To avoid confusion of those who may notice this thread in search engine > results: > In Debian GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR value is *not* passed to "grub-install > --bootloader-id" by postinst package scripts: > <https://sources.debian.org/src/grub2/2.12-5/debian/postinst.in/?hl=723#L723> > <https://sources.debian.org/src/shim-signed/1.44/debian/shim-signed.postinst/?hl=64#L64> > Notice >> case $bootloader_id in >> kubuntu) bootloader_id=ubuntu ;; >> esac > that was added to prevent a secure boot issue. > Behavior of SUSE may be different. > I believe, a robust way would be to add grub-install option that reports > path withing EFI partition configured at compile time, so heuristics > based on GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR from /etc/default/grub would not confuse users. I don't know what vexing secure boot might introduce, but without it, GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= was used by grub-install in Trixie here to produce results I expected: # inxi -S System: Host: msi85 Kernel: 6.9.12-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/0 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux trixie/sid # grep TOR /etc/default/grub GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="debian13" # efibootmgr | egrep 'suse|debian|rder' BootOrder: 0000,0004,0005,0003,0001,0002 Boot0000* opensusetw HD(1,GPT,64c8...8745,0x800,0xa0000)/File(\EFI\OPENSUSETW\GRUBX64.EFI) Boot0004* opensuse HD(1,GPT,64c8...8745,0x800,0xa0000)/File(\EFI\OPENSUSE\GRUBX64.EFI) # tree /boot/efi/EFI /boot/efi/EFI ├── BOOT │ ├── BOOTX64.EFI │ ├── fbx64.efi │ ├── MemTest86.log │ └── mt74x64.efi ├── opensuse │ └── grubx64.efi └── opensusetw └── grubx64.efi 4 directories, 6 files # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi Installing for x86_64-efi platform. Installation finished. No error reported. # efibootmgr | egrep 'suse|debian|rder' BootOrder: 0006,0000,0004,0005,0003,0001,0002 Boot0000* opensusetw HD(1,GPT,64c8...8745,0x800,0xa0000)/File(\EFI\OPENSUSETW\GRUBX64.EFI) Boot0004* opensuse HD(1,GPT,64c8...8745,0x800,0xa0000)/File(\EFI\OPENSUSE\GRUBX64.EFI) Boot0006* debian13 HD(1,GPT,64c8...8745,0x800,0xa0000)/File(\EFI\debian13\grubx64.efi) # tree /boot/efi/EFI /boot/efi/EFI ├── BOOT │ ├── BOOTX64.EFI │ ├── fbx64.efi │ ├── MemTest86.log │ └── mt74x64.efi ├── debian13 │ └── grubx64.efi ├── opensuse │ └── grubx64.efi └── opensusetw └── grubx64.efi 5 directories, 7 files # Note I didn't use option --bootloader-id, so grub-install had no place on my Trixie's / filesystem to find string "debian13" other than GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR= in /etc/default/grub. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
