[syslinux] Syslinux 6.04-pre1

[Ryan Novosielski]

Or a README or something. I don't read the CHANGELOG before building, I read whatever constitutes the installation instructions. I guess I'd read an FAQ if it doesn't work (now that I think about it, rpmbuild doesn't work on the SPEC -- suppose I should report that separately). 

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On Mar 6, 2016, at 13:02, Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:

>> 
>> Emphasize proper NASM versions.
>> 
>> ---
>> NEWS | 4 ++++
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index d1a5b2c..7848c6b 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ Starting with 1.47, changes marked with SYSLINUX, PXELINUX, ISOLINUX
>> or EXTLINUX apply to that specific program only; other changes apply
>> to all derivatives.
>> 
>> +Changes in 6.04:
>> +    * NASM 2.11.08 or later is required to build
>> +      SYSLINUX from source.
>> +
>> Changes in 6.03:
>>    * chain: Fix chainloading on 6.02 (Raphael S. Carvalho).
>>    * core: Do not leak the __lowmem and __bss16 macros to modules;
> 
> 1_ The NEWS file would not be an adequate place to post such 
> information, for several reasons.
> 
> 2_ Expressing the problem with NASM in such a way would be very 
> inaccurate. The problem is in NASM 2.11.06, and only in that version. 
> The problem is not in Syslinux, and many other versions of NASM (such 
> as 2.11.05) have no problem.
> 
> As I already said multiple times (not just in the Syslinux Mailing 
> List), this kind of information develops according to various 
> circumstances, at different times, from different sources, and with no 
> control nor influence from The Syslinux Project. Therefore, the 
> adequate place for accurate information of this kind is a "Building" 
> wiki page.
> 
> Regards,
> Ady.
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