| For creators of Linux distributions: |
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| Syslinux is a notoriously hard program to debug, since it runs outside |
| of any operating system, and has a tendency to expose BIOS and |
| hardware bugs on various systems. Therefore, I would appreciate if |
| you would resist the temptation of recompiling the Syslinux bootloader |
| itself (ldlinux.asm) if at all possible. If you do that, I will have |
| to refer any bug reports I receive back to the respective distributor. |
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| However, I have no such concerns about recompiling the installer |
| programs, and in fact, with both libc 5 and libc 6 in common use in |
| the Linux world today I understand if you wish to relink the |
| Linux-based installer against your system version of libc. Therefore |
| a special makefile targets "make installer" has been included with the |
| Syslinux distribution, starting with version 1.42. |
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| To rebuild the installer programs *only*, starting from a freshly |
| untarred distribution copy of Syslinux, do: |
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| make clean |
| make installer |
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| If you want to remove all intermediate files, including the ones |
| obtained from assembling ldlinux.asm and which are included in the |
| distribution, do "make spotless". |
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| I appreciate your assistance in this matter. |
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| H. Peter Anvin |
