On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Matthew Gyurgyik <pyther@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 01/31/2013 12:49 PM, Tobias Powalowski wrote: > >> Am 31.01.2013 18:43, schrieb Pierre Schmitz: >> >>> Am 31.01.2013 16:09, schrieb Tobias Powalowski: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> ok syslinux 5.0 series should come to testing again. >>>> The problem with this release: >>>> You need to copy all .c32 modules to your /boot/syslinux path. >>>> - Those who used our shipped install script, will end up in a none menu >>>> based syslinux shell. >>>> >>> As long as we ship this install script we should maintain it. So this >>> script needs to be altered to copy the needed files. >>> >>> The script has already been modified to at least to syslinux shell. >> If it should do more, Pyther needs to change it. >> >> greetings >> tpowa >> >> > I'll copy and paste from my previous message (Re: [arch-dev-public] > syslinux 5.00 in [testing]). > > ----- > > Below you will find the links to the patches for the > syslinux-install_update script, PKGBUILD, and syslinux.cfg > > During an install, the syslinux-install_update script will copy all .c32 > modules to /boot/syslinux. This is recommended by upstream [1]. The size > cost is minimal, 996K. For updates, I added an array called core_modules. > During an update, we only copy modules that already exist in > /boot/syslinux. However, if any core_module does not exist in > /boot/syslinux it will be copied/symlinked. > > With these modifications, when a user upgrades from 4.06 -> 5.00, > ldlinux.c32 will be copied/symlinked to /boot/syslinux as it is > core_module. Other modules such as libutil_com.c32 and libcom32.c32 will > not be copied/linked. > > On boot, if a menu is being used, the menu will fail to load (missing > depends: libutil_com.c32, etc...). However, the user will be given a > syslinux shell they can boot by entering a label that corresponds to a > defined label in syslinux.cfg. > > A post_install message or a news item suggesting users to copy / symlink > all modules to /boot/syslinux would be ideal. Users who miss this message, > will still be able to boot, but instead of the menu loading, they will be > dropped to a syslinux shell (as explained above). > > cp /usr/lib/syslinux/*.c32 /boot/syslinux (/ and /boot on seperate fs) > > or > > ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/*.c32 /boot/syslinux (/ and /boot on same fs) > > In my opinion, we shouldn't add new modules during an update to > /boot/syslinux unless, without the module, the system becomes unbootable. > The rational here being - the user knows best. > > Lastly, since com modules are no longer supported and no one has ported > poweroff.com, I have removed the poweroff section from the syslinux.cfg > [2]. > > Patches: > http://pyther.net/a/syslinux-**5.00-patches-v1/PKGBUILD.diff<http://pyther.net/a/syslinux-5.00-patches-v1/PKGBUILD.diff> > http://pyther.net/a/syslinux-**5.00-patches-v1/syslinux-** > install_update.patch<http://pyther.net/a/syslinux-5.00-patches-v1/syslinux-install_update.patch> > http://pyther.net/a/syslinux-**5.00-patches-v1/syslinux.cfg.**patch<http://pyther.net/a/syslinux-5.00-patches-v1/syslinux.cfg.patch> > > [1] "In general, unless you have a reason *not* to install all the .c32 > files, it is probably a good idea." - hpa > > [2] #syslinux @freenode: > pyther : Hello. Is there a poweroff module for syslinux 5? > Ady2 : pyther: no. all .com modules are not supported in 5.00. someone > needs to create a new poweroff.c32 compatible with 5.00. > > > Regards, > Matthew Gyurgyik > > The lib*.c32 modules have been renamed in v5.01. See http://git.zytor.com/?p=syslinux/syslinux.git;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS;hb=elflink [QUOTE] com32: Restrict library filenames to 8.3 format. [/QUOTE] Regards. Keshav
