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FS#78039 - [fwupd] 1.8.13 crashes when attempting update

Attached to Project: Community Packages
Opened by Adam Fontenot (amfontenot) - Thursday, 30 March 2023, 01:00 GMT
Last edited by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 22:58 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages
Status Closed
Assigned To freswa (frederik)
Architecture All
Severity Medium
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:

A number of what appear to be exclusively Arch Linux users are seeing crashes when attempting firmware updates after installing 1.8.13. There is an upstream bug here: https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd/issues/5656

I can confirm this issue on a Dell Inspiron 3501. My crash details don't appear to be distinct in any interesting way from those reported in the upstream bug.

Users have reported that downgrading the Arch package solves the problem.

As this might be a packaging or Arch specific issue, I'm reporting it here.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Attempt a system firmware update on any system after updating the fwupd Arch package to 1.8.13.
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Closed by  Toolybird (Toolybird)
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 22:58 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  fwupd 1.8.14-1
Comment by Adam Fontenot (amfontenot) - Thursday, 30 March 2023, 20:17 GMT
Update: a possible fix for this was merged upstream, so we're just waiting on a release.
Comment by CS (JMP64i) - Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 22:49 GMT
Since quickfix 1.8.14 update works well again.

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