[syslinux] check-gnu-efi.sh: print the output of build-gnu-efi.sh

[Patrick Masotta]

> I am not an syslinux/efi expert but for me it
 >looks like syslinux can
 >be perfectly fine
 >using system gnu-efi library.


with all due respect I think you are wrong.

Syslinux is a project that can even be sensitive to link "order"
then sure you cannot compare this project to a regular Linux project.
A simple change on gnu-efi code can trigger very difficult to trace bugs;
Then it is always a good idea to eliminate the gnu-efi factor and keep a healthy
copy of it attached to the Syslinux project.
When Syslinux moves forward it can include new gnu-efi versions if available/needed.

Pat







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On Mon, 12/22/14, Anatol Pomozov <anatol.pomozov at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [syslinux] check-gnu-efi.sh: print the output of	build-gnu-efi.sh
 To: "Ady" <ady-sf at hotmail.com>
 Cc: "For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa" <syslinux at zytor.com>
 Date: Monday, December 22, 2014, 2:30 PM
 
 Hi
 
 On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 8:29 AM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com>
 wrote:
 > Using a consistent version /
 commit of gnu-efi makes sense. Otherwise,
 > the resulting behavior could be changing
 (or the build might fail for
 > some
 reason), according to whichever version / commit is
 "freely" used.
 
 As
 an active package maintainer I strongly believe in idea
 that
 software should use system packages as
 much as possible. The reasons
 are:
  - embedding libraries makes project bloating
 and the build system
 more complicated.
  - package maintainers tend to provide higher
 quality support for
 packages than alone
 developers. System libraries get bug/security
 fixes, version updates faster than libraries
 embedded into projects.
 And embedded
 libraries are usually left at some obsolete version just
 because developer have no time to update it.
  - compiling a project with already-built
 system libraries is faster
 than compile
 embedded libraries each time.
 
 For example in Linux
 Arch both refind and gummiboot use the system
 library and never had
 problems with it.
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