grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi fails with following error: "Could not prepare Boot variable: No such file or directory" although /boot/efi mounted correctly and is vfat filesystem downgrading to sys-libs/efivar-35 resolves the issue, and grub-install runs correctly and system boots ok. which information i need to provide for further investigation of this bug? # emerge --info Portage 2.3.50 (python 3.6.6-final-0, default/linux/amd64/17.0/systemd, gcc-8.2.0, glibc-2.27-r6, 4.18.11-gentoo x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-4.18.11-gentoo-x86_64-Intel-R-_Core-TM-_i7-6700_CPU_@_3.40GHz-with-gentoo-2.6 KiB Mem: 4042820 total, 3609564 free KiB Swap: 4194300 total, 4194300 free Timestamp of repository gentoo: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 17:30:01 +0000 Head commit of repository gentoo: de7ed461c4f869a21d1d626cae3c39e3caeccfba sh bash 4.4_p23 ld GNU ld (Gentoo 2.30 p2) 2.30.0 app-shells/bash: 4.4_p23::gentoo dev-lang/perl: 5.26.2::gentoo dev-lang/python: 2.7.15::gentoo, 3.6.6::gentoo dev-util/cmake: 3.12.2::gentoo dev-util/pkgconfig: 0.29.2::gentoo sys-apps/baselayout: 2.6-r1::gentoo sys-apps/openrc: 0.38.2::gentoo sys-apps/sandbox: 2.13::gentoo sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13::gentoo, 2.69-r4::gentoo sys-devel/automake: 1.15.1-r2::gentoo, 1.16.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/binutils: 2.30-r2::gentoo, 2.31.1-r1::gentoo sys-devel/gcc: 8.2.0-r3::gentoo sys-devel/gcc-config: 2.0::gentoo sys-devel/libtool: 2.4.6-r5::gentoo sys-devel/make: 4.2.1-r4::gentoo sys-kernel/linux-headers: 4.17::gentoo (virtual/os-headers) sys-libs/glibc: 2.27-r6::gentoo Repositories: gentoo location: /usr/portage sync-type: rsync sync-uri: rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage priority: -1000 sync-rsync-verify-max-age: 24 sync-rsync-verify-metamanifest: yes sync-rsync-verify-jobs: 1 sync-rsync-extra-opts: ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" ACCEPT_LICENSE="* -@EULA google-chrome PUEL RAR Nero-EULA-US OPERA-2014 skype-4.0.0.7-copyright TeamViewer" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/gnupg/qualified.txt" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/dconf /etc/env.d /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo" CXXFLAGS="-march=native -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" ENV_UNSET="DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS DISPLAY PERL5LIB PERL5OPT PERLPREFIX PERL_CORE PERL_MB_OPT PERL_MM_OPT XAUTHORITY XDG_CACHE_HOME XDG_CONFIG_HOME XDG_DATA_HOME XDG_RUNTIME_DIR" FCFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" FEATURES="assume-digests binpkg-logs config-protect-if-modified distlocks ebuild-locks fixlafiles merge-sync multilib-strict news parallel-fetch preserve-libs protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unknown-features-warn unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans userfetch userpriv usersandbox usersync xattr" FFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.isoc.org.il/pub/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1 -Wl,--as-needed" LINGUAS="en he ru en_US he_IL ru_RU" MAKEOPTS="-j5" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --omit-dir-times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --human-readable --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages --exclude=/.git" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" USE="acl amd64 anacron audit berkdb bzip2 cdio cli crypt curl cxx dbus device-mapper dri examples experimental fortran gd gdbm geoip go gpg gpm html http iconv icu idn ipv6 iscsi jpeg2k libtirpc logrotate math mbox mdadm minizip modules mount mpx multilib ncurses networkmanager nls nptl nscd offensive openmp pam pcre perl policykit python qrcode readline sasl sdl seccomp slp sqlite ssl symlink sync-plugin-portage systemd tcpd threads tk tools truetype udev unicode wininst xattr xinerama xkb zlib" ABI_X86="64 32" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" APACHE2_MODULES="authn_core authz_core socache_shmcb unixd actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache cgi cgid dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CALLIGRA_FEATURES="karbon plan sheets stage words" COLLECTD_PLUGINS="df interface irq load memory rrdtool swap syslog" CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 f16c fma3 mmx mmxext pclmul popcnt sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3" ELIBC="glibc" GPSD_PROTOCOLS="ashtech aivdm earthmate evermore fv18 garmin garmintxt gpsclock isync itrax mtk3301 nmea ntrip navcom oceanserver oldstyle oncore rtcm104v2 rtcm104v3 sirf skytraq superstar2 timing tsip tripmate tnt ublox ubx" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64" INPUT_DEVICES="evdev" KERNEL="linux" L10N="en en-US he ru" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LIBREOFFICE_EXTENSIONS="nlpsolver scripting-beanshell wiki-publisher scripting-javascript" OFFICE_IMPLEMENTATION="libreoffice" PHP_TARGETS="php5-6 php7-0" POSTGRES_TARGETS="postgres9_5 postgres10" PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET="python3_6" PYTHON_TARGETS="python2_7 python3_6" RUBY_TARGETS="ruby22 ruby23 ruby24 ruby25" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="vmware" XTABLES_ADDONS="quota2 psd pknock lscan length2 ipv4options ipset ipp2p iface geoip fuzzy condition tee tarpit sysrq steal rawnat logmark ipmark dhcpmac delude chaos account" Unset: CC, CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, CXX, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_BINHOST, PORTAGE_BUNZIP2_COMMAND, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS # emerge -pvq =sys-libs/efivar-36 [ebuild R ] sys-libs/efivar-36
Thank you for the report. Please recompile and *attach* the logfiles as described on https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Attach_the_logs_to_the_bug_ticket The logs must be part of the ticket, but not on external websites. We need to have all information at hand before ticket assignment, so that the maintainer can look after it in one session with minimal number of callbacks. Please reopen this ticket (Status:unconfirmed) afterwards.
(In reply to Jonas Stein from comment #1) > Thank you for the report. Please recompile and > *attach* the logfiles as described on > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Attach_the_logs_to_the_bug_ticket > The logs must be part of the ticket, but not on external websites. > We need to have all information at hand before ticket assignment, so that > the maintainer can look after it in one session with minimal number of > callbacks. > Please reopen this ticket (Status:unconfirmed) afterwards. Which logs exactly do you need? evifar complies without any error, only when i run it. On logs where is nothing at all when running it: gentoo ~ # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi Installing for x86_64-efi platform. Could not prepare Boot variable: No such file or directory
# emerge -pvq =sys-libs/efivar-36 [ebuild R ] sys-libs/efivar-36
I've had the same issue. I fixed by installing from upstream master branch. See: https://github.com/rhboot/efivar/issues/111 Currently there is no sys-libs/efivar-9999 in the Gentoo repository.
Created attachment 551330 [details] live version ebuild for efivar
efivar-37 is out now
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=52957442e59779b113bf3327a61e1c37b8a074c0 commit 52957442e59779b113bf3327a61e1c37b8a074c0 Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2018-12-07 17:14:06 +0000 Commit: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2018-12-07 17:14:06 +0000 sys-libs/efivar: bump to 37 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/667438 Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/672708 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.52_p8, Repoman-2.3.12_p20 Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> sys-libs/efivar/Manifest | 1 + sys-libs/efivar/efivar-37.ebuild | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=73862d6470e6ee0e91c14dca53df9ce07c049eb7 commit 73862d6470e6ee0e91c14dca53df9ce07c049eb7 Author: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2019-01-08 23:35:01 +0000 Commit: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2019-01-08 23:37:45 +0000 sys-libs/efivar: Drop version 36 I wasted a ton of time today trying to make my computer boot, and the culprit was a regression in efivar-36. Not happy that this broken version was left in tree. Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/667438 Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gentoo.org> sys-libs/efivar/Manifest | 1 - sys-libs/efivar/efivar-36.ebuild | 38 -------------------------------------- 2 files changed, 39 deletions(-)
