[syslinux] extlinux installer build failed

[Gene Cumm]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 7:49 PM, Alexey Orishko via Syslinux
<syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm have a pure 64-bit system (Intel based). Due to that I can't use 32-bit ELF
> extlinux binary provided in the syslinux-6.03 package.
>
> Unfortunately building extlinux installer failed...
>
> See error below after these command:
> make bios clean
> make bios  (failed)
>
> ...
> ar cq liblpxelinux.a rawcon.o pxeboot.o pxelinux-c.o
> fs/pxe/dhcp_option.o fs/pxe/pxe.o fs/pxe/tftp.o fs/pxe/urlparse.o
> fs/pxe/bios.o lwip/src/netif/slipif.o lwip/src/netif/undiif.o
> lwip/src/netif/ethernetif.o lwip/src/netif/ppp/ppp_oe.o
> lwip/src/netif/ppp/ppp.o lwip/src/netif/ppp/magic.o
> lwip/src/netif/ppp/lcp.o lwip/src/netif/ppp/pap.o
> lwip/src/netif/ppp/chpms.o lwip/src/netif/ppp/randm.o
> lwip/src/netif/ppp/vj.o lwip/src/netif/ppp/ipcp.o
> lwip/src/netif/ppp/chap.o lwip/src/netif/ppp/fsm.o
> lwip/src/netif/ppp/md5.o lwip/src/netif/ppp/auth.o
> lwip/src/netif/etharp.o lwip/src/core/tcp.o lwip/src/core/init.o
> lwip/src/core/ipv4/autoip.o lwip/src/core/ipv4/icmp.o
> lwip/src/core/ipv4/ip_frag.o lwip/src/core/ipv4/ip_addr.o
> lwip/src/core/ipv4/inet.o lwip/src/core/ipv4/ip.o
> lwip/src/core/ipv4/inet_chksum.o lwip/src/core/ipv4/igmp.o
> lwip/src/core/raw.o lwip/src/core/dhcp.o lwip/src/core/tcp_in.o
> lwip/src/core/stats.o lwip/src/core/netif.o lwip/src/core/timers.o
> lwip/src/core/mem.o lwip/src/core/def.o lwip/src/core/memp.o
> lwip/src/core/udp.o lwip/src/core/dns.o lwip/src/core/tcp_out.o
> lwip/src/core/snmp/msg_in.o lwip/src/core/snmp/msg_out.o
> lwip/src/core/snmp/mib_structs.o lwip/src/core/snmp/mib2.o
> lwip/src/core/snmp/asn1_dec.o lwip/src/core/snmp/asn1_enc.o
> lwip/src/core/pbuf.o lwip/src/core/sys.o lwip/src/api/netdb.o
> lwip/src/api/tcpip.o lwip/src/api/sockets.o lwip/src/api/netbuf.o
> lwip/src/api/netifapi.o lwip/src/api/err.o lwip/src/api/api_msg.o
> lwip/src/api/api_lib.o lwip/src/arch/sys_arch.o fs/pxe/core.o
> fs/pxe/dnsresolv.o fs/pxe/ftp.o fs/pxe/ftp_readdir.o fs/pxe/gpxeurl.o
> fs/pxe/http.o fs/pxe/http_readdir.o fs/pxe/idle.o fs/pxe/isr.o
> fs/pxe/tcp.o
> ranlib liblpxelinux.a
>
> nasm -f elf -Ox  -g -F dwarf -DDATE_STR="''" \
>     -DHEXDATE="0x54d7efa1" \
>     -Di386 \
>     -I/sources/syslinux-6.03/core/ \
>     -l ldlinux.lsr -o ldlinux.o -MP -MD ./.ldlinux.o.d
> /sources/syslinux-6.03/core/ldlinux.asm
> diskstart.inc:438: error: symbol references not supported in
> preprocess-only mode
> diskstart.inc:438: error: non-constant value given to `%if'
> diskstart.inc:439: error: symbol references not supported in
> preprocess-only mode
> diskstart.inc:439: error: non-constant value given to `%assign'
> /sources/syslinux-6.03/core/ldlinux.asm:26: fatal: unable to open
> include file `head.inc'
> /sources/syslinux-6.03/core/Makefile:156: recipe for target 'ldlinux.o' failed
> make[3]: *** [ldlinux.o] Error 1
> make[3]: Leaving directory '/sources/syslinux-6.03/bios/core'
> /sources/syslinux-6.03/Makefile:285: recipe for target 'core' failed
> make[2]: *** [core] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory '/sources/syslinux-6.03/bios'
> /sources/syslinux-6.03/Makefile:254: recipe for target 'bios' failed
> make[1]: *** [bios] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/sources/syslinux-6.03'
> Makefile:103: recipe for target 'bios' failed
> make: *** [bios] Error 2
>
> Is it possible to compile extlinux with nasm-2.11.06 (get a patch) ?

If I recall correctly, 2.11.05 works.  These messages should help
determine a solution.  Thank you.

-- 
-Gene