[syslinux] Request: port syslinux isohybrid perl script to C
Mike McGrath
mmcgrath at redhat.com
Fri Apr 16 15:01:53 PDT 2010
On Tue, 30 Mar 2010, Matt Domsch wrote:
> I'll file a ticket once fedorahosted is back online.
>
> The request is to port the isohybrid script, in the syslinux package,
> from perl to C (and of course submit it upstream). This would let
> syslinux drop its dependency on perl, which would save considerable
> space.
>
> $ wc -l git/syslinux/utils/isohybrid.in
> 258 git/syslinux/utils/isohybrid.in
>
> As this is doing some simple structure unpacking and validation, and
> simple binary writes, this should be straightforward to implement in
> C.
>
Just following up Matt, will this work for you?
https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-engineering-services/ticket/15
-Mike
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