[syslinux] Syslinux 4.00 welcomes lua

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20100624 om 14:11 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I have just released Syslinux 4.00-pre59.  This is intended as last call
> for 4.00: from this point on I will only fix showstopper bugs.  Anything
> that didn't make this release will have to wait for 4.01 or 4.10.

For the Syslinux 4.xx series I would like to see
that the lua port to syslinux gets more visible.

The main idea is to say "Welcome lua"

Attached a patch for what I have in mind.


Cheers
Geert Stappers

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+There is lua for Syslinux,
+but it is not yet default shipped nor default build.
+
+Downloading:
+  From lua site:
+    http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.3.tar.gz
+
+Get patches:
+  From website:
+    http://developer.example.com/source/syslinuxmods4lua.diff
+  or from git:
+    git://developer.example.com/source/syslinuxmods4lua.git
+
+Apply patch:
+  patch -p1 < syslinuxmods4lua.diff
+
+Activate lua build:
+  Change in the file com32/Makefile the line
+     SUBS = tools lib gpllib more modules to build
+  into something that has 'lua/src', such as
+     SUBS = tools lua/src lib gpllib more modules to build
+