• Bug#1108902: fwupd: should log what it updates

    From Russell Coker@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 7 15:10:01 2025
    Package: fwupd
    Version: 2.0.8-3
    Severity: normal

    When fwupd updates some firmware it doesn't seem to create logs for it.

    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 13.0
    Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

    Kernel: Linux 6.12.33+deb13-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
    Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
    Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
    Init: unable to detect

    Versions of packages fwupd depends on:
    ii libarchive13t64 3.7.4-3
    ii libblkid1 2.41-5
    ii libc6 2.41-9
    ii libcbor0.10 0.10.2-2
    ii libcurl3t64-gnutls 8.14.1-2
    ii libdrm-amdgpu1 2.4.124-2
    ii libdrm2 2.4.124-2
    ii libflashrom1 1.4.0-3
    ii libfwupd3 2.0.8-3
    ii libglib2.0-0t64 2.84.3-1
    ii libgnutls30t64 3.8.9-2
    ii libjcat1 0.2.3-1
    ii libjson-glib-1.0-0 1.10.6+ds-2
    ii liblzma5 5.8.1-1
    ii libmbim-glib4 1.32.0-1
    ii libmbim-proxy 1.32.0-1
    ii libmm-glib0 1.24.0-1
    ii libpolkit-gobject-1-0 126-2
    ii libprotobuf-c1 1.5.1-1
    ii libqmi-glib5 1.36.0-1
    ii libqmi-proxy 1.36.0-1
    ii libsqlite3-0 3.46.1-6
    ii libsystemd0 257.7-1
    ii libtss2-esys-3.0.2-0t64 4.1.3-1.2
    ii libusb-1.0-0 2:1.0.28-1
    ii libxmlb2 0.3.22-1
    ii shared-mime-info 2.4-5+b2
    ii systemd [systemd-sysusers] 257.7-1
    ii zlib1g 1:1.3.dfsg+really1.3.1-1+b1

    Versions of packages fwupd recommends:
    pn bolt <none>
    ii dbus [default-dbus-system-bus] 1.16.2-2
    ii dbus-broker [dbus-system-bus] 37-1
    ii fwupd-amd64-signed [fwupd-signed] 1:1.7+1
    pn jq <none>
    ii python3 3.13.3-1
    ii udisks2 2.10.1-12.1

    Versions of packages fwupd suggests:
    pn gir1.2-fwupd-2.0 <none>

    -- Configuration Files:
    /etc/fwupd/bios-settings.d/README.md [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/fwupd/bios-settings.d/README.md'
    /etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/fwupd/fwupd.conf' /etc/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs-testing.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs-testing.conf'
    /etc/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/fwupd/remotes.d/lvfs.conf'
    /etc/fwupd/remotes.d/vendor-directory.conf [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/fwupd/remotes.d/vendor-directory.conf'

    -- debconf-show failed

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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