[testing needed] Installs to Intel-based Macs no longer use mactel-boot customizations

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Problem

Installs of Fedora 42 to Intel-based Macs no longer use specialized customizations provided by the mactel-boot package, because it has been retired. This means:

  1. The existing FAT32 EFI System partition is now used, instead of a new partition formatted HFS+ and dedicated for Fedora.
  2. The user now sees an EFI boot volume in the firmware built-in boot manager, instead of a Fedora Linux volume.
  3. The user no longer sees a Fedora Linux volume in the macOS Startup Disk panel.

Cause

The mactel-boot package was retired due to lack of maintenance, so these customizations can no longer be applied.

Related Issues

Bugzilla report: #2347153

Workarounds

No workaround is possible.

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mactel-boot is unretired but the bug is still happening, see the bug for details.

Also, likely related bug 2354671, we could use owners of Intel Macs to read 2354671 – thinks Windows is installed, but it's macOS run the requested command and post info.

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I’m moving this back to Common Issues > Proposed Common Issues , because mactel-boot is present on F42 media, and some of the reported bugs were fixed. But we would still need a confirmation whether the mactel-boot actually has the desired effect or not. Feedback welcome. See the main bug report here: