[Buildroot] syslinux fails to build

[Buildroot] syslinux fails to build

[Aras Vaichas]

Hi,

My git HEAD is a1b7bec1760692e7db19062c76dc905e77054479

Building the syslinux 4.04 bootloader fails with:

make[3]: Entering directory
`/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag/geodsp'
./mk-lba-img lba.img
./mk-lba-img: 1: ./mk-lba-img: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
make[3]: *** [lba.img] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory
`/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag/geodsp'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory
`/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory
`/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04'
make: *** [/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/.stamp_built]
Error 2

Is this a known problem?


I bumped the version to 4.05 but compilation fails. I researched the
problem and found a patch that makes the build work:

http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/mwjwm6LzqZy83B2DDQIJ

Shall I submit a patch for:

* the bump to 4.05,
* the patch to make 4.05 compile (which would be a copy of the patch
from Geert Stappers) ?

regards,

Aras Vaichas

[Buildroot] syslinux fails to build

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Le Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:53:30 +0100,
Aras Vaichas <aras.vaichas@gmail.com> a ?crit :

> make[3]: Entering directory
> `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag/geodsp'
> ./mk-lba-img lba.img
> ./mk-lba-img: 1: ./mk-lba-img: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> make[3]: *** [lba.img] Error 2
> make[3]: Leaving directory
> `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag/geodsp'
> make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory
> `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04'
> make: *** [/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/.stamp_built]
> Error 2
> 
> Is this a known problem?

Not to my knowledge, but I don't use syslinux myself. The bump to 4.04
was done by Arnout Vandecappelle in January this year, so maybe he will
comment on this.

> 
> I bumped the version to 4.05 but compilation fails. I researched the
> problem and found a patch that makes the build work:
> 
> http://web.archiveorange.com/archive/v/mwjwm6LzqZy83B2DDQIJ
> 
> Shall I submit a patch for:
> 
> * the bump to 4.05,
> * the patch to make 4.05 compile (which would be a copy of the patch
> from Geert Stappers) ?

Yes, please submit a patch doing both.

Thanks a lot!

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

[Buildroot] syslinux fails to build

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 07/04/12 13:13, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Le Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:53:30 +0100,
> Aras Vaichas<aras.vaichas@gmail.com>  a ?crit :
>
> > make[3]: Entering directory
> > `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag/geodsp'
> > ./mk-lba-img lba.img
> > ./mk-lba-img: 1: ./mk-lba-img: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
> > make[3]: *** [lba.img] Error 2
> > make[3]: Leaving directory
> > `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag/geodsp'
> > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[2]: Leaving directory
> > `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/diag'
> > make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04'
> > make: *** [/home/aras/buildroot/buildroot/output/build/syslinux-4.04/.stamp_built]
> > Error 2
> >
> > Is this a known problem?
>
> Not to my knowledge, but I don't use syslinux myself. The bump to 4.04
> was done by Arnout Vandecappelle in January this year, so maybe he will
> comment on this.

   mk-lba-img is a host binary.  However, the tar file already contains a 64-bit binary,
so it will not be rebuilt...  And I guess you try to build it on a 32-bit PC.  I only tried
it on a 64-bit PC myself.

  syslinux is full of this kind of crap :-(

  You can try running a 'make -C output/build/syslinux-4.04 clean', but if I remember
correctly that failed for other reasons.

  So the problem is fixed with syslinux-4.05?  That's nice!  Please do submit a patch.

  Regards,
  Arnout

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