Just a heads up that syslinux is broken in the current Ubuntu, syslinux just shows "Boot error". Downgrading to syslinux from 15.04 works perfectly. Ubuntu bug is here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1499746 This is mostly in case anyone shows up on the mailing list with a mystery broken syslinux from latest Ubuntu. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20151107/82023212/attachment.sig>
> > Just a heads up that syslinux is broken in the current Ubuntu, syslinux > just shows "Boot error". Downgrading to syslinux from 15.04 works perfectly. > > Ubuntu bug is here: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1499746 > > This is mostly in case anyone shows up on the mailing list with a > mystery broken syslinux from latest Ubuntu. > >Just a hunch: this might be related to gcc5+. FWIW, Fedora 23 is out this week, and it includes (at least some) patches in its Syslinux package for (better) compatibility with gcc5+. Unfortunately, Syslinux's package maintainers are usually not very active (for whichever reason), even less than the pace of upstream development. Regards, Ady.
William Kennington
2015-Nov-07 19:51 UTC
[syslinux] Heads up on syslinux breakage in Ubuntu
Yes, we fixed this in nixos by building syslinux against gcc48 instead of gcc5. On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 11:50 AM Ady via Syslinux <syslinux at zytor.com> wrote:> > > > > Just a heads up that syslinux is broken in the current Ubuntu, syslinux > > just shows "Boot error". Downgrading to syslinux from 15.04 works > perfectly. > > > > Ubuntu bug is here: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1499746 > > > > This is mostly in case anyone shows up on the mailing list with a > > mystery broken syslinux from latest Ubuntu. > > > > > > Just a hunch: this might be related to gcc5+. > > FWIW, Fedora 23 is out this week, and it includes (at least some) > patches in its Syslinux package for (better) compatibility with gcc5+. > > Unfortunately, Syslinux's package maintainers are usually not very > active (for whichever reason), even less than the pace of upstream > development. > > Regards, > Ady. > _______________________________________________ > Syslinux mailing list > Submissions to Syslinux at zytor.com > Unsubscribe or set options at: > http://www.zytor.com/mailman/listinfo/syslinux >
On 07/11/15 19:38, Ady via Syslinux wrote:> >> >> Just a heads up that syslinux is broken in the current Ubuntu, syslinux >> just shows "Boot error". Downgrading to syslinux from 15.04 works perfectly. >> >> Ubuntu bug is here: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/1499746 >> >> This is mostly in case anyone shows up on the mailing list with a >> mystery broken syslinux from latest Ubuntu. >> >> > > Just a hunch: this might be related to gcc5+.That was my hunch too, having been bitten with gcc5 and arm kernels during the same time. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 473 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://www.zytor.com/pipermail/syslinux/attachments/20151107/fa4b7cf2/attachment.sig>