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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY efivar-download-http "https://github.com/rhboot/efivar/releases/download/&efivar-version;/efivar-&efivar-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY efivar-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY efivar-md5sum "243fdbc48440212695cb9c6e6fd0f44f">
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10 | <!ENTITY efivar-size "316 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY efivar-buildsize "18 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY efivar-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="efivar" xreflabel="efivar-&efivar-version;">
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16 | <?dbhtml filename="efivar.html"?>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1info>
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19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 |
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22 | <title>efivar-&efivar-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <indexterm zone="efivar">
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25 | <primary sortas="a-efivar">efivar</primary>
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26 | </indexterm>
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27 |
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28 | <sect2 role="package">
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29 | <title>Introduction to efivar</title>
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30 |
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31 | <para>
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32 | The <application>efivar</application> package provides tools and
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33 | libraries to manipulate EFI variables.
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34 | </para>
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35 |
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36 | &lfs111_checked;
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>
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42 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&efivar-download-http;"/>
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43 | </para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&efivar-download-ftp;"/>
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48 | </para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>
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52 | Download MD5 sum: &efivar-md5sum;
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53 | </para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download size: &efivar-size;
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Estimated disk space required: &efivar-buildsize;
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Estimated build time: &efivar-time;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">efivar Dependencies</bridgehead>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="required">
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76 | <xref linkend="mandoc"/>
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77 | </para>
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78 |
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79 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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80 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/efivar"/></para>
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81 |
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82 | </sect2>
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83 |
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84 | <sect2 role="installation">
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85 | <title>Installation of efivar</title>
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86 |
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87 | <para>
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88 | First, fix an issue in Makefile causing the package to be rebuilt
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89 | during installation:
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90 | </para>
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91 |
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92 | <screen><userinput>sed '/prep :/a\\ttouch prep' -i src/Makefile</userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | <para>
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95 | Build <application>efivar</application> with the following commands:
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96 | </para>
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97 |
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98 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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99 |
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100 | <para>
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101 | The test suite of this package is dangerous. Running it may trigger
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102 | firmware bugs and make your system unusable without using some special
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103 | hardware to reprogram the firmware.
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104 | </para>
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105 |
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106 | <para>
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107 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install LIBDIR=/usr/lib</userinput></screen>
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111 |
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112 | </sect2>
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113 |
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114 | <sect2 role="commands">
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115 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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116 |
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117 | <para>
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118 | <parameter>LIBDIR=/usr/lib</parameter>:
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119 | This option overrides the default library directory of the package
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120 | (<filename class="directory">/usr/lib64</filename>, which is not used
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121 | by LFS.)
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122 | </para>
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123 |
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124 | </sect2>
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125 |
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126 | <sect2 role="content">
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127 | <title>Contents</title>
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128 |
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129 | <segmentedlist>
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130 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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131 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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132 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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133 |
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134 | <seglistitem>
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135 | <seg>
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136 | efisecdb and efivar
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137 | </seg>
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138 | <seg>
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139 | libefiboot.so, libefisec.so, and libefivar.so
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140 | </seg>
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141 | <seg>
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142 | /usr/include/efivar
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143 | </seg>
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144 | </seglistitem>
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145 | </segmentedlist>
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146 |
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147 | <variablelist>
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148 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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149 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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150 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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151 |
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152 | <varlistentry id="efisecdb">
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153 | <term><command>efisecdb</command></term>
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154 | <listitem>
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155 | <para>
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156 | is an utility for managing UEFI signature lists
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157 | </para>
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158 | <indexterm zone="efivar efisecdb">
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159 | <primary sortas="b-efisecdb">efisecdb</primary>
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160 | </indexterm>
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161 | </listitem>
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162 | </varlistentry>
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163 |
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164 | <varlistentry id="efivar-prog">
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165 | <term><command>efivar</command></term>
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166 | <listitem>
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167 | <para>
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168 | is a tool to manipulate UEFI variables
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169 | </para>
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170 | <indexterm zone="efivar efivar-prog">
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171 | <primary sortas="b-efivar">efivar</primary>
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172 | </indexterm>
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173 | </listitem>
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174 | </varlistentry>
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175 |
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176 | <varlistentry id="libefiboot">
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177 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libefiboot.so</filename></term>
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178 | <listitem>
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179 | <para>
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180 | is a library used by <command>efibootmgr</command>
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181 | </para>
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182 | <indexterm zone="efivar libefiboot">
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183 | <primary sortas="c-libefiboot">libefiboot.so</primary>
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184 | </indexterm>
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185 | </listitem>
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186 | </varlistentry>
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187 |
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188 | <varlistentry id="libefisec">
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189 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libefisec.so</filename></term>
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190 | <listitem>
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191 | <para>
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192 | is a library for managing UEFI signature lists
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193 | </para>
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194 | <indexterm zone="efivar libefisec">
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195 | <primary sortas="c-libefisec">libefisec.so</primary>
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196 | </indexterm>
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197 | </listitem>
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198 | </varlistentry>
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199 |
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200 | <varlistentry id="libefivar">
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201 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libefivar.so</filename></term>
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202 | <listitem>
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203 | <para>
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204 | is a library for the manipulation of EFI variables
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205 | </para>
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206 | <indexterm zone="efivar libefiboot">
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207 | <primary sortas="c-libefiboot">libefiboot.so</primary>
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208 | </indexterm>
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209 | </listitem>
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210 | </varlistentry>
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211 |
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212 | </variablelist>
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213 |
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214 | </sect2>
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215 |
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216 | </sect1>
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