Bug 2038289

Summary: systemd-boot-update.service fails to start on AArch64
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Paul Whalen <pwhalen>
Component: systemdAssignee: systemd-maint
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: fedoraproject, filbranden, flepied, lnykryn, msekleta, ryncsn, ssahani, s, systemd-maint, yuwatana, zbyszek
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OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: systemd-250.3-1.fc36 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Last Closed: 2022-01-18 12:40:44 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Paul Whalen 2022-01-07 17:25:56 UTC 
Description of problem:
After a fresh installation of Rawhide on AArch64, systemd-boot-update.service to start:

systemctl status systemd-boot-update.service
× systemd-boot-update.service - Automatic Boot Loader Update
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-boot-update.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2022-01-03 19:00:08 EST; 3 days ago
       Docs: man:bootctl(1)
    Process: 580 ExecStart=bootctl --no-variables --graceful update (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
   Main PID: 580 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 28ms

Jan 03 19:00:07 fedora systemd[1]: Starting systemd-boot-update.service - Automatic Boot Loader Update...
Jan 03 19:00:07 fedora bootctl[580]: Failed to open "/boot/efi/EFI/systemd/.#systemd-bootaa64.efid5aec47df0063e29" for writing: No such file or directory
Jan 03 19:00:08 fedora bootctl[580]: Skipping "/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTAA64.EFI", since it's owned by another boot loader.
Jan 03 19:00:08 fedora systemd[1]: systemd-boot-update.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 03 19:00:08 fedora systemd[1]: systemd-boot-update.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 03 19:00:08 fedora systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-boot-update.service - Automatic Boot Loader Update.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

systemd-250.1-1.fc36.aarch64


Additional info:

Can also be seen failing in OpenQA:
https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/tests/1097455#step/base_services_start/15
Comment 1 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek 2022-01-11 09:59:29 UTC 
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/22082
Comment 2 Paul Whalen 2022-01-20 17:59:59 UTC 
Verified Fixed In Version: systemd-250.3-1.fc36

Thanks!