Package Details: sd-boot 6.3.0-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/sd-boot.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: sd-boot
Description: Tools to install linux kernels via kernel-install from systemd
Upstream URL: https://github.com/gene-git/sd-boot
Keywords: boot kernel-install linux systemd
Licenses: GPL-2.0-or-later
Submitter: GeneArch
Maintainer: GeneArch
Last Packager: GeneArch
Votes: 2
Popularity: 0.35
First Submitted: 2026-04-21 19:43 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2026-07-13 13:36 (UTC)

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GeneArch commented on 2026-06-14 20:58 (UTC)

As both the packager and upstream author I'd like to encourage all users to activate "git source verification" if not already done. Please see comment in the PKGBUILD file. The recent supply chain issues highlight the importance of validating source code.

All git tags are signed and going forward, every commit will also be signed.

The public signing key is available in a few places, but I recommend getting it either via WKD or directly from the website of the key's email domain. These are sound ways to do this. For additional information please see:

https://sapience.com/tech/blog/git-keys

To get the key via WKD:

gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-external-keys arch@sapience.com

Latest Comments

GeneArch commented on 2026-06-14 20:58 (UTC)

As both the packager and upstream author I'd like to encourage all users to activate "git source verification" if not already done. Please see comment in the PKGBUILD file. The recent supply chain issues highlight the importance of validating source code.

All git tags are signed and going forward, every commit will also be signed.

The public signing key is available in a few places, but I recommend getting it either via WKD or directly from the website of the key's email domain. These are sound ways to do this. For additional information please see:

https://sapience.com/tech/blog/git-keys

To get the key via WKD:

gpg --auto-key-locate nodefault,wkd --locate-external-keys arch@sapience.com

GeneArch commented on 2026-06-03 00:29 (UTC)

So Sorry - I totally forgot to push out 5.3.0 - done now.

GeneArch commented on 2026-06-01 22:30 (UTC) (edited on 2026-06-01 22:36 (UTC) by GeneArch)

@codereader18 - found it - the test suite uses edk2-shell which was missing from the checkdepends() array.

Fixed in version 5.3.0

Confirmed by building in nspawn/chroot.

thanks for pointing this out. Please let me know if you have any other things.

coolreader18 commented on 2026-06-01 17:21 (UTC)

FWIW, I had to install with --nocheck, since the tests seem to fail without root.

mike.cloaked commented on 2026-05-07 18:38 (UTC) (edited on 2026-05-07 19:48 (UTC) by mike.cloaked)

I have been using this for boot management for a while now - it is very efficient and works extremely well. The new version which has been completely re-written in c is significantly faster in execution than the previous bash script version. I have not had any problems with it and it has handled kernel updates, as well as updates to memtest86 without issues.