[syslinux] binutils (objcopy?) >= 2.26 breaks syslinux (bios) build

Thu Feb 11 23:38:59 PST 2016

On February 11, 2016 11:30:02 PM PST, poma <pomidorabelisima at gmail.com> wrote:
>...
>http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/commit/8750016
>
>Booting from DVD/CD...
>
>ISOLINUX 6.04  ETCD
>and then hangs
>
>ttyS0 debug shows single line:
>_malloc(24, 0, 2) @ 0x00104bab =
>
>
>$ ld --version
>GNU ld version 2.26.20160125
>...
>$ gcc --version
>gcc (GCC) 6.0.0 20160205 ...
>...

Yes, it is a bug in ld.  I have been working with H.J. and we have just tracked it down.
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