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[Lee Trager <lee.trager@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lee Trager has proposed merging ~ltrager/curtin:lp1881977 into curtin:master.

Commit message:
LP: #1881977 - Install realpath on Trusty UEFI.

Requested reviews:
  curtin developers (curtin-dev)
Related bugs:
  Bug #1881977 in curtin: "Ubuntu 14.04 failing to deploy on UEFI"
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/curtin/+bug/1881977

For more details, see:
https://code.launchpad.net/~ltrager/curtin/+git/curtin/+merge/385079
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Your team curtin developers is requested to review the proposed merge of ~ltrager/curtin:lp1881977 into curtin:master.

diff --git a/curtin/commands/curthooks.py b/curtin/commands/curthooks.py
index d66afa7..11c718a 100644
--- a/curtin/commands/curthooks.py
+++ b/curtin/commands/curthooks.py
@@ -1176,6 +1176,11 @@ def install_missing_packages(cfg, target, osfamily=DISTROS.debian):
             # AMD64 has shim-signed for SecureBoot support
             if arch == "amd64":
                 uefi_pkgs.append("shim-signed")
+
+            # realpath is part of coreutils in Xenial+, older versions need
+            # the package to be installed.
+            if not util.which("realpath"):
+                uefi_pkgs.append("realpath")
         else:
             raise ValueError('Unknown grub2 package list for distro: %s' %
                              osfamily)