[syslinux] Boot prompt ignored

[H. Peter Anvin]

>  
> Someone (I do know who, if it happens to be important) in irc #syslinux claims 
> that the commit:
> 
>  http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/commit/8dc6d758b564a1ccc44c3ae11f265d43628219ce 
> 
> 
> "ldlinux: Fix return pointer to local data"
> 
> should solve the problem.
> 
> I have not tested this claim myself, but I have no reason to doubt it.
> 
> Distributions (re)building Syslinux 6.03 with gcc5+ should patch their 
> respective packages with this commit, among several others [1].
> 
> Some of the distributions (and current packages) that were already having this 
> problem (and therefore are recommended to patch their packages [1] and rebuild 
> them) are:
> 
> _ ArchLinux and derivatives (6.03-6)
> _ Debian (Testing+) and derivatives (6.03+dfsg-13)
> _ Fedora 24+ (possibly prior releases too) and derivatives (6.03-8)
> 
> The distributions that might be affected by this issue are not limited to the 
> above list; the list just mentions some distributions that were somehow 
> "involved" in the report (with no relation to package maintainers). I am aware 
> of some additional ones that might be (or are) affected too.
>   
> 
> [1]
> Note: The following wiki page lists _only some_ of the building issues and 
> workarounds (e.g. some of the issues related to gcc are not included).
> 
>  http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Building
> 

Very good catch, and it also explains the compiler dependence.

	-hpa