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