[syslinux] Heads up on syslinux breakage in Ubuntu

[Celelibi]

2015-11-07 23:00 UTC+01:00, Tim Fletcher via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com>:
> On 07/11/15 19:38, Ady via Syslinux wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Just a heads up that syslinux is broken in the current Ubuntu, syslinux
>>> just shows "Boot error". Downgrading to syslinux from 15.04 works
>>> perfectly.
>>>
>>> Ubuntu bug is here:
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1499746
>>>
>>> This is mostly in case anyone shows up on the mailing list with a
>>> mystery broken syslinux from latest Ubuntu.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Just a hunch: this might be related to gcc5+.
>
> That was my hunch too, having been bitten with gcc5 and arm kernels
> during the same time.
>
>
>

As I expected, this bug shows up more and more. There is a fix available.
http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2015-September/024318.html
http://www.syslinux.org/archives/2015-September/024319.html

Unfortunately it hasn't been merged upstream yet. I hope it will be
soon. I also hope it will be part of the (soon to come) release of
6.04. But AFAIK, it's up to Gene.

However, regarding this bug report for Ubuntu, yes, since it worked
with ubuntu 15.04 but not with ubuntu 15.10, it might be the gcc5 bug.
However, this would require a confirmation, like recompiling it with
the above patches and trying again.

@Gene: Could you please merge the gcc5 fix soon? We will fix the
linker scripts later.


Celelibi