[syslinux] Building extlinux (Syslinux 6.03-pre11)

[Ady]

> On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Ady <ady-sf at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I wonder why the already built-in binaries are not enough / adequate.
> > Or, in other words, I am curious about why do you need to build your
> > own binary files, instead of using the files that are already there
> > in the official archives in kernel.org.
> 
> I don't believe it can be used as is:
> bash# file syslinux
> syslinux: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically
>  linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.32,
> BuildID[sha1]=0xe82a9430ce7456cfea7bcc877fa694740296c2a8, stripped
> 
> bash# ./syslinux
> bash: ./syslinux: No such file or directory
> 
> I have a minimal 64-bit system, where 32-bit libraries are not present.
> 
> Second, I'd rather use git instead of kernel.org due to the following statement
> published earlier in one of the threads:
> > H. Peter Anvin <hpa at zytor.com> 5:30 AM (15 hours ago)
> > to , syslinux
> >
> > Please work on the current git, rather than 6.02... 6.02 has a number of
> > known problems.
> 
> If you could explain a solution for both, I would gladly use binary provided.
> 
> Regards,
> Alexey
> 

I don't see how that explains why you can't use the pre-compiled 
binaries. From your own emails, you don't seem to be looking to 
(re)build a Syslinux package, but rather trying to use the extlinux 
installer (to install EXTLINUX on a specific device).

Currently, official git master *is* 6.03-pre11. If you were to expand 
an official 6.03-pre11 archive (anew, from kernel.org), then go to 
"bios/extlinux/" inside the expanded directory tree and then execute 
in there "./extlinux" with the necessary extlinux options 
(arguments), I would tend to believe you would get the desired result 
(extlinux installed on a mounted fs).

Regards,
Ady.