[syslinux] [PATCH] [RFC] Makefile: add mingw objects conditionally

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Fri Jan 27 10:39:58 PST 2012


On 01/27/2012 02:16 AM, Paul Bolle wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle at tiscali.nl>
> ---
> 0) If I build syslinux on a system without mingw a (successful) build
> will end with:
>     ls: cannot access win32/syslinux.exe: No such file or directory
>     ls: cannot access win64/syslinux64.exe: No such file or directory
>     [...]
>     make: [all] Error 2 (ignored)
> 
> Ie, it ends with an ignored error. That's confusing (and a bit
> annoying).
> 

I'd rather not, because it would make it more likely that *I* might have
problems building a real release and not notice.

It might be worthwhile to print an explanation, though.

	-hpa




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