amd64-microcode conflicts with linux-firmware

Bug #1986796 reported by Derk Willem te Bokkel
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
amd64-microcode (Ubuntu)
Triaged
High
Unassigned
linux-firmware (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Juerg Haefliger

Bug Description

Occurs on kubuntu, gnome and xfce versions of kinetic proposed -- most recent updates

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: amd64-microcode 3.20191218.1ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-15.15-generic 5.19.0
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.22.0-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Wed Aug 17 08:07:09 2022
InstallationDate: Installed on 2022-06-10 (67 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Alpha amd64 (20220610)
SourcePackage: amd64-microcode
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Derk Willem te Bokkel (dtebokkel) wrote :
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Derk Willem te Bokkel (dtebokkel) wrote :

an example of the issue..

sudo apt upgrade
[sudo] password for derk:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  grub-efi-amd64-bin
The following packages will be upgraded:
  amd64-microcode
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/120 kB of archives.
After this operation, 181 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
(Reading database ... 230591 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../amd64-microcode_3.20220411.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking amd64-microcode (3.20220411.1ubuntu1) over (3.20191218.1ubuntu2) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/amd64-microcode_3.20220411.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/lib/firmware/amd/amd_sev_fam17h_model0xh.sbin', which is also in package linux-firmware 20220711.gitdfa29317-0ubuntu1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/amd64-microcode_3.20220411.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in amd64-microcode (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Jeremy Bícha (jbicha) wrote :

This was also detected by autopkgtests:
https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/packages/v/vrms/kinetic/amd64

Changed in amd64-microcode (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: New → Triaged
tags: added: rls-kk-incoming update-excuse
Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
tags: added: kern-4195
tags: added: fr-2608
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Mark Esler (eslerm) wrote :

The conflicts are resolved with patches for amd64-microcode and linux-firmware here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/amd64-microcode/+bug/1983409

Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Juerg Haefliger (juergh)
status: Triaged → In Progress
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Juerg Haefliger (juergh) wrote :

It doesn't look like the new amd64_microcode package contains the necessary Breaks/Replaces lines in the control file.

Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package linux-firmware - 20220819.git8413c63c-0ubuntu2

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linux-firmware (20220819.git8413c63c-0ubuntu2) kinetic; urgency=medium

  * Miscellaneous Ubuntu changes
    - [Packaging] debian/control: Fix Breaks line

 -- Juerg Haefliger <email address hidden> Sat, 20 Aug 2022 14:13:38 +0200

Changed in linux-firmware (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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