GRUB Maintainers

At the time of the last Lintian run, the following possible problems were found in packages maintained by GRUB Maintainers <pkg-grub-devel@alioth-lists.debian.net>, listed by source package. See also the full report, including info, experimental and overridden tags. Also see their QA overview.

• W ancient-standards-version
  • 3.8.3 (released 2009-08-16) (current is 4.4.0)
• W build-depends-on-obsolete-package
  • build-depends-indep: texi2html

grub-legacy

• W binary-without-manpage
  • usr/bin/mkbimage [amd64, i386]
  • usr/sbin/grub-floppy [amd64, i386]
• W hardening-no-pie
  • usr/bin/mbchk [amd64, i386]
  • usr/sbin/grub [amd64, i386]
• W manpage-has-useless-whatis-entry
  • usr/share/man/man8/grub-reboot.8.gz [amd64, i386]

grub-legacy-doc

• W doc-base-unknown-section
  • grub:6 admin

multiboot-doc

• W description-synopsis-starts-with-article
• W doc-package-depends-on-main-package
  • depends

• W ancient-standards-version
  • 3.9.8 (released 2016-04-06) (current is 4.4.0)
• W changelog-should-mention-nmu
• W debhelper-but-no-misc-depends
  • grub-efi-amd64-signed
• W missing-field-in-dep5-copyright
  • copyright (paragraph at line 5)
• W source-nmu-has-incorrect-version-number
  • 1+2.04+3

grub-efi-amd64-signed

• E portable-executable-missing-security-features
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/gcdx64.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/grubnetx64-installer.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/grubnetx64.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/grubx64.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX

• W ancient-standards-version
  • 3.9.8 (released 2016-04-06) (current is 4.4.0)
• W changelog-should-mention-nmu
• W debhelper-but-no-misc-depends
  • grub-efi-ia32-signed
• W missing-field-in-dep5-copyright
  • copyright (paragraph at line 5)
• W source-nmu-has-incorrect-version-number
  • 1+2.04+3

grub-efi-ia32-signed

• E portable-executable-missing-security-features
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi-signed/gcdia32.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi-signed/grubia32.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi-signed/grubnetia32-installer.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi-signed/grubnetia32.efi.signed ASLR DEP/NX

• W ancient-standards-version
  • 3.9.6 (released 2014-09-17) (current is 4.4.1)
• W debhelper-but-no-misc-depends
  • grub-efi-amd64-signed-template
  • grub-efi-arm64-signed-template
  • grub-efi-ia32-signed-template
• E invalid-arch-string-in-source-relation
  • any-linux-amd64 [build-depends: libefiboot-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-amd64 [build-depends: libefivar-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-arm [build-depends: libefiboot-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-arm [build-depends: libefivar-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-arm64 [build-depends: libefiboot-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-arm64 [build-depends: libefivar-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-i386 [build-depends: libefiboot-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-i386 [build-depends: libefivar-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-ia64 [build-depends: libefiboot-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]
  • any-linux-ia64 [build-depends: libefivar-dev [any-linux-i386 any-linux-amd64 any-linux-ia64 any-linux-arm any-linux-arm64]]

grub-efi-amd64-bin

• E portable-executable-missing-security-features
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/monolithic/gcdx64.efi ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/monolithic/grubnetx64-installer.efi ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/monolithic/grubnetx64.efi ASLR DEP/NX
  • usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi/monolithic/grubx64.efi ASLR DEP/NX

grub-efi-ia32-bin

• E portable-executable-missing-security-features
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/monolithic/gcdia32.efi ASLR DEP/NX [amd64, i386]
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/monolithic/grubia32.efi ASLR DEP/NX [amd64, i386]
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/monolithic/grubnetia32-installer.efi ASLR DEP/NX [amd64, i386]
  • usr/lib/grub/i386-efi/monolithic/grubnetia32.efi ASLR DEP/NX [amd64, i386]

grub-emu

• W binary-without-manpage
  • usr/bin/grub-emu-lite [amd64, i386]
• W hardening-no-pie
  • usr/bin/grub-emu [amd64, i386]
  • usr/bin/grub-emu-lite [amd64, i386]
• E unstripped-binary-or-object
  • usr/bin/grub-emu [amd64, i386]
  • usr/bin/grub-emu-lite [amd64, i386]

grub-pc

• W binary-without-manpage
  • usr/bin/grub-ntldr-img [amd64, i386]
  • usr/sbin/upgrade-from-grub-legacy [amd64, i386]
• W uses-dpkg-database-directly
  • usr/sbin/upgrade-from-grub-legacy [amd64, i386]
• W using-question-in-extended-description-in-templates
  • grub-pc/install_devices_failed [amd64, i386]
  • grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub [amd64, i386]

grub-xen-host

• E binary-from-other-architecture
  • usr/lib/grub-xen/grub-x86_64-xen.bin [amd64, i386]

grub2-common

• W info-document-missing-image-file
  • usr/share/info/grub-dev.info.gz font_char_metrics.png [amd64, i386]

• W ancient-standards-version
  • 3.9.4 (released 2012-09-19) (current is 4.4.1)

multiboot

• W description-synopsis-starts-with-article