[syslinux] Syslinux 4.00 welcomes lua

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20100626 om 12:26 schreef H. Peter Anvin:
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> 
> I just tried to merge the master branch into the lua branch, but the
> result doesn't build.  I'm up for including the lua interpreter in the
> default build as long as it doesn't fix anything else, and that way we
> can say it is included but experimental.
> 
> Would you be interested in looking to see why it doesn't build?
> 
> This is what I did:
> 
> git checkout lua
> git merge master
> <resolve trivial conflict in com32/Makefile>
> git add com32/Makefile
> git commit
> 
> The DMI code has apparently changed, because it errors out in:
> 
> 
> make[2]: *** No rule to make target `../../modules/dmi.o', needed by
> `liblua.a'.  Stop.
> make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> dmi.c:10:21: error: dmi/dmi.h: No such file or directory
> dmi.c: In function ???dmi_gettable???:
> dmi.c:14: error: ???s_dmi??? undeclared (first use in this function)
> dmi.c:14: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
> dmi.c:14: error: for each function it appears in.)
> dmi.c:14: error: expected ???;??? before ???dmi???
> dmi.c:18: warning: implicit declaration of function ???dmi_interate???
> dmi.c:23: warning: implicit declaration of function ???parse_dmitable???
> dmi.c:23: error: ???dmi??? undeclared (first use in this function)
> make[2]: *** [dmi.o] Error 1
> 
> Since the Lua branch is currently on Syslinux 3.73, I guess it's not a
> huge surprise.


I did spent time on it, but no result yet.


Stappers

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Help is welcome