[syslinux] Mixed binary and source/building files in 6.04-pre3

[R S]

I appreciate your attention to detail.

On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 8:34 AM Ady Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com>
wrote:

> > The end result was that I ended up refactoring much of the tree so that
> it now
>
> It is known that, since version 6.00, the binary files are located
> under:
> _ ./bios/
> _ ./efi32/
> _ ./efi64/
>
> Those directories should _only_ include binary files and documentation.
> IOW, source code and/or (temporary) building files should not be in
> there.
>
> Within those subdirectories, the new 6.04-pre3 has a mix of documents
> (OK), binary files (OK) and source/building files (KO) (e.g. '*.o'
> files, among others, should not be there).
>
> This is most probably a result of refactoring (e.g. from './core/' to
> './core/bios/', which should not be confused with './bios/) and the
> corresponding changes in makefiles.
>
> Since this mix of files generates confusion for users, and it will also
> complicate things for package maintainers, it would be very desirable
> for this mix to be avoided in future pre-release archives.
>
> TIA,
> Ady.
>
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