[syslinux] SYSLINUX 3.72 released

[BuraphaLinux Server]

On 9/27/08, H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> wrote:
> BuraphaLinux Server wrote:
>> 'make spotless' fails for me on 3.72 release like this:
>>
>> .....
>> make -C src veryclean > /dev/null 2>&1
>> make[1]: *** [dist] Error 2
>> make[1]: Leaving directory
>> `/data/bls1.1/dvd/source/base/syslinux/syslinux-3.72/gpxe'
>>
>> When I go to the gpxe directory and type `make -C src veryclean' by
>> hand, it says:
>>
>> Makefile:87: arch/i586/Config: No such file or directory
>> Makefile:181: arch/i586/Makefile: No such file or directory
>> make: *** No rule to make target `arch/i586/Makefile'.  Stop.
>> make: Leaving directory
>> `/data/bls1.1/dvd/source/base/syslinux/syslinux-3.72/gpxe/src'
>>
>> This is GNU make 3.81, if it matters.
>>
>
> Subtle.  Try this patch.
>
> 	-hpa
>

patch did not fix it, but doing an

unset ARCH

before the 'make spotless' does fix it.  Normally I have ARCH=i586 in
my environment and I guess the Makefile gets confused by that because
of the ?=