[syslinux] comments about 5.00pre10
H. Peter Anvin
hpa at zytor.com
Mon Nov 19 11:52:57 PST 2012
On 11/17/2012 08:56 PM, Ady wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2012-11-14 at 16:06 +0200, Ady wrote:
>>> Hi Matt,
>>>
>>> First comments about 5.00-pre10.
>>>
>>> 1_ When using "ctrl+v" in the boot prompt, there is no space
>>> character between the version and the boot mode. Additionally, the
>>> main version number is shown twice.
>>> For example, "SYSLINUX 5.00 5.00-PRE10CHS" should be:
>>> "SYSLINUX 5.00-PRE10 CHS"
>>
>> This has always been the format. If you try the 4.06 release you will
>> say that it is the same.
>>
>
> Hmm, you might be right. I guess that presentation is related to any
> "special" build and the lack of space characters might be
> intentional. It still makes sense to improve it.
>
It is specific to prebuilds, in particular.
-hpa
More information about the Syslinux
mailing list