[Bug 251025] efivar cannot write to EFI variables which have a ':' in their name

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251025

            Bug ID: 251025
           Summary: efivar cannot write to EFI variables which have a ':'
                    in their name
           Product: Base System
           Version: 12.1-RELEASE
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: probono at puredarwin.org

Cannot write to EFI variables which have a ':' in their name, such as
'prev-lang:kbd':

$ echo -n 'de:3\0' | sudo efivar -w -n
'7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82-prev-lang:kbd'
efivar: Invalid guid 7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82-prev

'7C436110-AB2A-4BBB-A880-FE41995C9F82-prev-lang:kbd' is a variable used by
Apple to store the selected language and keyboard layout as an EFI variable.

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