I reran the update-notifier test that failed with grub error in xenial with the new grub added as trigger, and it installed now, so it's good to go :D
Unpacking grub-efi-arm64 (2.04-1ubuntu44) over (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.29) ... Preparing to unpack .../grub-efi-arm64-bin_2.04-1ubuntu44_arm64.deb ... Unpacking grub-efi-arm64-bin (2.04-1ubuntu44) over (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.29) ... Preparing to unpack .../grub2-common_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32_arm64.deb ... Unpacking grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32) over (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.29) ... Preparing to unpack .../grub-common_2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32_arm64.deb ... Unpacking grub-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32) over (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.29) ... Selecting previously unselected package grub-efi-arm64-signed. Preparing to unpack .../grub-efi-arm64-signed_1.167~16.04.1+2.04-1ubuntu44_arm64.deb ... Unpacking grub-efi-arm64-signed (1.167~16.04.1+2.04-1ubuntu44) ... Processing triggers for install-info (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.5-1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (229-4ubuntu21.31) ... Setting up python-apt-common (1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.12) ... Setting up python3-apt (1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.12) ... Setting up grub-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32) ... update-rc.d: warning: start and stop actions are no longer supported; falling back to defaults Setting up grub-efi-arm64-bin (2.04-1ubuntu44) ... Setting up grub2-common (2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.32) ... Setting up grub-efi-arm64 (2.04-1ubuntu44) ... Installing for arm64-efi platform. Installation finished. No error reported. Generating grub configuration file ... Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported. Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-210-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-210-generic Adding boot menu entry for EFI firmware configuration done Setting up grub-efi-arm64-signed (1.167~16.04.1+2.04-1ubuntu44) ... Installing for arm64-efi platform. Installation finished. No error reported. Reading package lists... Building dependency tree... Reading state information... ** Tags removed: verification-needed verification-needed-xenial ** Tags added: verification-done verification-done-xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1926748 Title: regression in xenial updates - grub2 cannot handle new arm64 relocations To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1926748/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs