[syslinux] Syslinux 3.81-pre14... hopefully final this time

[H. Peter Anvin]

Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> I have addressed all the issues that I know about (including, hopefully,
>> the isohybrid version dependence...).  I would like to release this this
>> week so please let me know as soon as possible if this version is "go".
> 
> I assume that does not mean isohybrid of 3.72
> is still suitable for flawless MBR generation.
> At least i would need the newer MBR code for
> libisofs. That'll impose a license problem.
> 

The MBR is code is already MIT-licensed, so that shouldn't pose any
problem (see mbr/isohdpfx.S).

> So on the risk to be annoying i repeat my
> proposal to make isohybrid ready for my
> use case of synthetic MBR production
> without the need to see an ISO image.

Too late for 3.81 for sure.  I also think it's rather ugly to have a C
library call out to a Perl script.

	-hpa

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