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missing PES event to remove shim-ia32 when upgrading to RHEL9

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      What were you trying to do that didn't work?

      A leapp upgrade from RHEL8(.9) to RHEL9(.3) while shim-ia32 and shim-x64 are both installed on the system

      Please provide the package NVR for which bug is seen:

      shim-ia32-15.6-1.el8.x86_64

      How reproducible:

      100%

      Steps to reproduce

      1. dnf install shim-ia32 shim-x64
      2. dnf install leapp leapp-upgrade-el8toel9
      3. leapp preupgrade
      4. leapp upgrade

      Expected results

      Leapp is able to upgrade to RHEL9

      Actual results

       

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                                 ERRORS                           
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      2024-04-15 07:41:13.114674 [ERROR] Actor: dnf_package_download
      Message: DNF execution failed with non zero exit code.
      …
                  Error: Transaction test error:
                    file /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/shim.efi from install of shim-x64-15.6-1.el9.x86_64 conflicts with file from package shim-ia32-15.6-1.el8.x86_64
      

       

      Additional information

       

      [root@rhel8 ~]# rpm -q shim-ia32
      shim-ia32-15.6-1.el8.x86_64
      [root@rhel8 ~]# rpm -ql shim-ia32
      /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTIA32.EFI
      /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/fbia32.efi
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/BOOTIA32.CSV
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/mmia32.efi
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/shim.efi
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/shimia32-redhat.efi
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/shimia32.efi
      [root@rhel8 ~]# rpm -q shim-x64
      shim-x64-15.6-1.el8.x86_64
      [root@rhel8 ~]# rpm -ql shim-x64
      /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI
      /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/fbx64.efi
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/BOOTX64.CSV
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/mmx64.efi
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/shimx64-redhat.efi
      /boot/efi/EFI/redhat/shimx64.efi
      

       

      I am not sure if the correct solution is to remove shim-ia32 or replace it with shim-x64 (I think remove is more correct, given that x64 only works on systems with 64-bit UEFI and 32-bit one is not supported in RHEL9 anymore)

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              egolov@redhat.com Evgeni Golov
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