[syslinux] Patch: Readconfig wont parse certain options anymore

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Feb 23 16:38:20 PST 2007


Ram Yalamanchili wrote:
> com32/modules/readconfig.c: This is a side effect of is_kernel_type()
> overwrite the current pointer in a loop context. Hence subsequent
> options aren't parsed ever.
> 
> This is particularily visible, if you use timeout option, which wont
> work in the latest 3.40-pre7.

Fixed in git.  I didn't use your patch, simply because this is what the 
variable "ep" is used for elsewhere, and no reason to introduce a new name.

Thanks for the report & debugging!

	-hpa




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