debian/changelog

@@ -1,16 +1,3 @@
-livecd-rootfs (26.04.30) resolute; urgency=medium
-
-  * Exclude boot/grub/i386-pc/eltorito.img from md5sum.txt, as it is expected
-    to change in xorriso output.  (LP: #2147162)
-
- -- Dan Bungert <daniel.bungert@canonical.com>  Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:21:58 -0600
-
-livecd-rootfs (26.04.29) resolute; urgency=medium
-
-  * Make sure to produce a manifest for all images (LP: #2147522)
-
- -- Florent 'Skia' Jacquet <skia@ubuntu.com>  Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:12:59 +0200
-
 livecd-rootfs (26.04.28) resolute; urgency=medium
 
   * Switch arm64 mirror from ports to archive. (LP: #2147101)

live-build/auto/build

@@ -559,16 +559,13 @@ fi
 # Create manifest unconditionally (needed for both ISO and non-ISO builds).
 if [ -e "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.manifest" ]; then
 	ln "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.manifest" "$PREFIX.manifest"
-elif [ -e "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" ]; then
-	# '--initramfs none' produces different manifest names.
-	ln "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" "$PREFIX.manifest"
-elif [ -n "$PASSES" ]; then
-	# For layered images, keep the manifest of the last pass
-	for _PASS in $PASSES; do
-		ln -f "${CASPER_DIR}/$_PASS.manifest.full" "$PREFIX.manifest"
-	done
-fi
 	chmod 644 "$PREFIX.manifest"
+fi
+# '--initramfs none' produces different manifest names.
+if [ -e "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" ]; then
+	ln "binary/$INITFS/filesystem.packages" "$PREFIX.manifest"
+	chmod 644 "$PREFIX.manifest"
+fi
 # Since snaps are now Ubuntu first-class citizen, so always try fetching the
 # list of seeded snaps into the manifest.  In case of layered images we skip
 # this step, as we assume they're doing it on their own at some earlier stage.

live-build/isobuilder/builder.py

@@ -273,14 +273,11 @@ class ISOBuilder:
     def checksum(self):
         # Generate md5sum.txt for ISO integrity verification.
         # - Symlinks are excluded because their targets are already checksummed
-        # - eltorito.img is excluded because xorriso will modify it in output ISO
         # - Files are sorted for deterministic, reproducible output across builds
         # - Paths use "./" prefix and we run md5sum from iso_root so the output
         #   matches what users get when they verify with "md5sum -c" from the ISO
         all_files = []
-        exclusions = ["eltorito.img"]
         for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in self.iso_root.walk():
-            filenames = [fn for fn in filenames if fn not in exclusions]
             filepaths = [dirpath.joinpath(filename) for filename in filenames]
             all_files.extend(
                 "./" + str(filepath.relative_to(self.iso_root))