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For creators of Linux distributions:
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Syslinux is a notoriously hard program to debug, since it runs outside
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of any operating system, and has a tendency to expose BIOS and
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hardware bugs on various systems. Therefore, I would appreciate if
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you would resist the temptation of recompiling the Syslinux bootloader
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itself (ldlinux.asm) if at all possible. If you do that, I will have
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to refer any bug reports I receive back to the respective distributor.
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However, I have no such concerns about recompiling the installer
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programs, and in fact, with both libc 5 and libc 6 in common use in
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the Linux world today I understand if you wish to relink the
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Linux-based installer against your system version of libc. Therefore
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a special makefile targets "make installer" has been included with the
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Syslinux distribution, starting with version 1.42.
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To rebuild the installer programs *only*, starting from a freshly
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untarred distribution copy of Syslinux, do:
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make clean
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make installer
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If you want to remove all intermediate files, including the ones
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obtained from assembling ldlinux.asm and which are included in the
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distribution, do "make spotless".
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I appreciate your assistance in this matter.
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H. Peter Anvin
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