[syslinux] Upgraded to Syslinux 5.00 - Failed to load ldlinux.c32

[H. Peter Anvin]

On 12/19/2012 06:10 AM, Igor Sverkos wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2012-12-19 13:44, Paulo Alcantara wrote:
>> If either Peter or Matt feels that "/boot/extlinux" should be supported,
>> here goes a patch that adds such support:
>>
>> Add "/boot/extlinux" path to be looked up when finding ldlinux.c32 and
>> Syslinux config files.
>>
>> [...]
>
> Well, your patch will work in my situation, but I think your solution is
> wrong:
>
> Remember that the documentation says, that you can install sys/extlinux
> in whatever subdirectory you want. For example "/boot/myBootloader"
> should also work.
>
> Your solution would require, that if you want any custom path, that you
> have to patch... that sounds wrong to me.
>
> So I think we need clarification if a custom subdirectory should still
> be supported in syslinux v5. If yes, there is somewhere a bug. If not,
> the setup should offer this option and documentation needs an update.

It's a bug, we'll fix it in 5.01.

	-hpa


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