[syslinux] Re: simple menu hosed by global append

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Feb 25 21:05:23 PST 2005


Jim Cromie wrote:
> 
> since 'append -' erases global-append-val,
> could 'append - something' also erase global val, then add  'something'
> and then
> 'append more stuff'  could preserve global-append-val, and add 'more stuff'
> 
> only prob w this is back-compat, but this seems an unlikely issue,
> since global values are presumably essential, and are thus repeated
> (either altered or unaltered) in all labels.
> 

You'd overflow the command line, and really screw up .com/.c32 files.

No, thanks.

	-hpa




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