[syslinux] Syslinux 6.04-pre1

[poma]

On 06.03.2016 18:23, poma wrote:
> On 06.03.2016 16:47, poma wrote:
>> ...
>>> nasm -f elf -Ox  -g -F dwarf -DDATE_STR="''" \
>>> 	-DHEXDATE="0x56dc3c62" \
>>> 	-Di386 \
>>> 	-I/tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/ \
>>> 	-l ldlinux.lsr -o ldlinux.o -MP -MD ./.ldlinux.o.d /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/ldlinux.asm
>>> nasm -f elf -Ox  -g -F dwarf -DDATE_STR="''" \
>>> 	-DHEXDATE="0x56dc3c62" \
>>> 	-Di386 \
>>> 	-I/tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/ \
>>> 	-l isolinux.lsr -o isolinux.o -MP -MD ./.isolinux.o.d /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/isolinux.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'
>> ...
>>> /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/isolinux.asm:23: fatal: unable to open include file `head.inc'
>>> /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/Makefile:145: recipe for target 'isolinux.o' failed
>>> make[3]: *** [isolinux.o] Error 1
>>> make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>>> /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/ldlinux.asm:26: fatal: unable to open include file `head.inc'
>>> /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/core/Makefile:145: recipe for target 'ldlinux.o' failed
>>> make[3]: *** [ldlinux.o] Error 1
>>> make[3]: Leaving directory '/tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/bios/core'
>>> /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/Makefile:287: recipe for target 'core' failed
>>> make[2]: *** [core] Error 2
>>> make[2]: Leaving directory '/tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/bios'
>>> /tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1/Makefile:256: recipe for target 'bios' failed
>>> make[1]: *** [bios] Error 2
>>> make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/syslinux-6.04-pre1'
>>> Makefile:102: recipe for target 'all' failed
>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>> ...
>>> $ nasm -version
>>> NASM version 2.11.06 compiled on Feb 18 2015
>>>
>> ...
>>
>> Builds OK with:
>> $ nasm -version
>> NASM version 2.11.08 compiled on Mar 6 2016
>>
>> [Nasm-devel] Syslinux 6.03 build is broken by nasm upgrade 2.11.05 to 2.11.06
>> https://sourceforge.net/p/nasm/mailman/message/33074214
>>
>>

Actually this is sufficient as a solution,

NASM version 2.11.06 patched with:
"nasm: Fix -MD operating mode"
http://repo.or.cz/nasm.git/commitdiff/0dd37af?hp=b2c3449

solves SYSLINUX build from source.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315153