Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] boot/syslinux: Bump to 6.04-pre2

From: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com>
To: Andreas Ziegler <br025@umbiko.net>
Cc: buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] boot/syslinux: Bump to 6.04-pre2
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 18:58:59 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83e73170264c232037477ef2c356785a766602d3.camel@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0b863079fdd5738b4becfcc11e86c93f@umbiko.net>

Thanks for the test and the feedback Andreas!

On Sun, 2026-09-06 at 05:55 +0000, Andreas Ziegler wrote:
> I was curious if I could replace the syslinux host package and tried 
> this patch; unfortunately I ran into various issues.
> 
> > 
> > And change the source URL to use new upstream GIT repo:
> > http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git
> > The revision to build comes from Archlinux syslinux package.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Sverdlin <alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com>
> > ---
> >   ...bios-Fix-alignment-change-with-gcc-5.patch |  82 ---
> >   ...Use-the-host-toolchain-for-prepcore.patch} |   8 +-
> >   ...-Disable-PIE-to-avoid-FTBFS-on-amd64.patch |  30 -
> >   ...nux-Use-the-host-toolchain-to-build.patch} |   0
> >   ...-binutils-note-gnu-property-section.patch} |   0
> >   ...sk-Force-ld-output-format-to-32-bits.patch |  32 -
> >   ...0004-efi-main.c-include-efisetjmp.h.patch} |   0
> >   ...tils-Use-the-host-toolchain-to-build.patch |  60 --
> >   ...ition-is-now-part-of-the-exports-of-.patch |  37 --
> >   ...ump-calls-to-fit-the-new-declaration.patch |  37 --
> >   ...per-build-it-with-the-host-toolchain.patch |  32 -
> >   ...-try-to-guess-the-sections-alignment.patch | 295 ---------
> >   ...10-core-Clean-up-the-i386-bios-build.patch | 622 ------------------
> >   ...-sysmacros-h-for-major-minor-makedev.patch |  34 -
> >   ...multiple-definition-of-symbol-errors.patch |  25 +-
> 
> utils/check-package shows warnings; you should add "Upstream:" tags for 
> the patches you add.
> 
> >   boot/syslinux/syslinux.hash                   |   3 +-
> >   boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk                     |   6 +-
> 
> Building syslinux ran into some errors; this was the sequence:

I'm sorry, it was indeed some time ago that the patch has been tested
and the current buildroot seems to have changed in the meanwhile.

While the mechanical rebase went without issues, seems that
I'd need to do some homework here and test it better next time.

I'll address the issues found in v2.

-- 
Alexander Sverdlin.
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