Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2] boot/syslinux: Bump to 6.04-pre2

[Andreas Ziegler <br025@umbiko.net>]

On 2026-10-29 20:30, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 04:48:51AM +0000, Andreas Ziegler wrote:
>> On 2026-10-27 08:19, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
>> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 04:54:45AM +0000, Andreas Ziegler wrote:
>> >
>> > > Yes, there is still interest in this software, and I sadly mourn the
>> > > absence
>> > > of the don't-delete-host-syslinux patch.
>> >
>> > Not sure to understand this one. Could you clarify? Is Alexander's
>> > patch dropping some feature that exists today in boot/syslinux/ and
>> > that is important for you?
>> 
>> The v1 of this patch was a series, which contained one additional 
>> patch: 
>> https://patchwork.buildroot.org/project/buildroot/patch/20260830181907.106154-2-alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com/
>> . This unfortunately did not meet the upstream requirement. This 
>> change
>> would make a messy (and dangerous) installation of syslinux on the 
>> build
>> machine obsolete.
> 
> Which change? Your proposed change at
> https://patchwork.buildroot.org/project/buildroot/patch/20260830181907.106154-2-alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com/
> ? Sorry, I'm still not following you. Could you perhaps bring a bit
> more context?

Yes, I was referring to the change initiated by the patch.

Alexander originally sent two patches

   [1/2] boot/syslinux: Bump to 6.04-pre2 [1]
   [2/2] boot/syslinux: Don't delete host syslinux installer [2]

2/2 used a pattern already used in other patches (0004, 0005, 0011) to 
build the syslinux binary. This was flagged because it should have been 
up-streamed. Since this is not possible (project discontinued, 
implementation is a buildroot-specific workaround), Alexander chose to 
discontinue it for now.

host/bin/syslinux needs to be executed to make a partition bootable. If 
Buildroot does not supply the binary, the corresponding host package has 
to be installed.

Kind regards,
Andreas

> Thanks!
> 
> Thomas
> --
> Thomas Petazzoni, co-owner and CEO, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering and training
> https://bootlin.com

[1] 
https://patchwork.buildroot.org/project/buildroot/patch/20260830181907.106154-1-alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com/
[2] 
https://patchwork.buildroot.org/project/buildroot/patch/20260830181907.106154-2-alexander.sverdlin@gmail.com/
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