On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 10:09:52PM +0200, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote: >Hi team, > >I've worked a bit on syslinux now. I've fixed one notable problem that >I've found: The current syslinux package (statically) links against a >pre-compiled version of gnu-efi (supplied in the syslinux source >package). > >I also made a few more improvements apart from cleanup: >* the package now builds reproducibly (still needs the same build path > though) >* added patches from upstream to fix: > - boot problems for pre-2005 BIOS computers, see #857597 [1] > - boot failure from btrfs, see #865462 [2] > >I think the two new patches are quite small and might be suitable to >be added to stretch in a point release, after we've tested them >thoroughly.
Yup, that would make sense. Looking at the changes now. >For now I've made sure that the same files are installed into the same >binary packages (using the same paths). There's some room for >improvement here, e.g. #819973 [3], but I'd like to avoid any "breaks >my scripts" dragons for now. Nod, good plan! :-) That was a perennial problem with older syslinux packages. >I'd be happy if someone took the time to review the changes I made so >far in git: > https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-cd/syslinux.git >My plan now is to test a few boot scenarios with this package myself >and probably ask you to sponsor an upload to either unstable or >experimental soon (weekend). All looks sane enough so far! >I consider the updated 6.03 version an intermediate step which, amongst >other things, allows us to check if the cherry picking the two commits >above fixes the problems as expected (and doesn't cause regressions). I >intend upgrade to the pre-release for 6.04 in unstable/testing later. Nod. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Dance like no one's watching. Encrypt like everyone is. - @torproject
