FS#25068 - syslinux: a dependency may be missing

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by vnoel (kaouete) - Friday, 08 July 2011, 14:52 GMT
Last edited by Stéphane Gaudreault (stephane) - Saturday, 09 July 2011, 14:54 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Hi, I installed syslinux from core and when running it, I got this error:
victor@volte ~]$ sudo syslinux /dev/sdb1
sh: mcopy : commande introuvable
syslinux: failed to create ldlinux.sys

I had to install mtools for it to work.

I guess this is a missing dependency :)

Thanks!
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Closed by  Stéphane Gaudreault (stephane)
Saturday, 09 July 2011, 14:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Ionut Biru (wonder) - Friday, 08 July 2011, 15:17 GMT
Optional Deps : perl-passwd-md5: For md5pass
perl-digest-sha1: For sha1pass
mtools: For mkdiskimage and syslinux


usually exlinux is used to install
Comment by vnoel (kaouete) - Friday, 08 July 2011, 15:30 GMT
ho you are right, I'm confused!

But why would it be optional, the package is named syslinux!!
Comment by Gerardo Exequiel Pozzi (djgera) - Friday, 08 July 2011, 19:12 GMT
syslinux (the bootloader) is only used for FAT
Comment by vnoel (kaouete) - Saturday, 09 July 2011, 09:01 GMT
Ok, so, thanks anyway :)
And sorry for the noise!

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