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LRitzdorf

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[SOLVED]-ish: efitools no longer ships KeyTool.efi binary?

EDIT: Moved to https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/ … -/issues/3

Hello! I'd hoped to get an account on the Arch GitLab to open an issue for this, but that's taking a while, so we're here instead. This question is intended mostly for the maintainer(s) of the `efitools` package, so if someone has a better way of getting in contact with them, please do let me know.

Recently (with v1.9.2-6, specifically this commit), the `efitools` package stopped including prebuilt EFI binaries, notably KeyTool.efi. That was a pretty important tool for manually managing Secure Boot keys, so I'm curious as to the reasoning here, especially since neither the commit nor the linked issue say anything about this change. The next commit (which bumps the pkgrel to 6) just says "do not build EFI payloads."

My best guess, based on this change in the same commit, is that the patch was intended to stop signing EFI binaries, rather than stop shipping them altogether? This could be very wrong, though, so I'd be interested to know whether this was actually intentional.

Last edited by LRitzdorf (2025-09-06 19:59:57)

gromit

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Re: [SOLVED]-ish: efitools no longer ships KeyTool.efi binary?

What is your ticket number on the accountsupport helpdesk?

LRitzdorf

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Re: [SOLVED]-ish: efitools no longer ships KeyTool.efi binary?

#5936. The request was also sent on 8/28, in case that's useful. Thanks!