spec: backport --entry-type support to kernel-install preun - #1481
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Without --entry-type, uninstalling the UKI package runs `kernel-install remove` which removes all boot entries for that kernel version, including the Type #1 BLS entry belonging to kernel-core. This was fixed upstream in the 6.18 spec. Backport the fix: add -e flag support to the kernel_variant_preun macro which, when kernel-install supports --entry-type, passes --entry-type type1 for core packages and --entry-type type2 for UKI packages. A runtime probe ensures graceful degradation on older systemd versions. Signed-off-by: Brett Mastbergen <bmastbergen@ciq.com>
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Without --entry-type, uninstalling the UKI package runs
kernel-install removewhich removes all boot entries for that kernel version, including the Type #1 BLS entry belonging to kernel-core. This was fixed upstream in the 6.18 spec.Backport the fix: add -e flag support to the kernel_variant_preun macro which, when kernel-install supports --entry-type, passes --entry-type type1 for core packages and --entry-type type2 for UKI packages. A runtime probe ensures graceful degradation on older systemd versions.
Supersedes #1463 (rebased onto updated ciq-6.12.y).