FS#58137 - [syslinux] add patch to support ext4 64bit feature

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by nl6720 (nl6720) - Friday, 06 April 2018, 08:31 GMT
Last edited by Tobias Powalowski (tpowa) - Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 04:54 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Anatol Pomozov (anatolik)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Description:
syslinux package currently doesn't support ext4 filesystem's 64bit feature (which mkfs.ext4 enables by default).
There is a commit upstream ( http://repo.or.cz/syslinux.git/commitdiff/af7e95c32cea40c1e443ae301e64b27f068b4915 ) to add support for it. The files it modifies have not been updated since 6.03 so the patch applies cleanly. Please add the patch to syslinux package.

Attached is a patch for the PKGBUILD & syslinux-install_update script.

I tested the resulting package in one real system and one VM, it worked for me.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.
syslinux 6.03-8

Steps to reproduce:
run syslinux-install_update on a system with a 64bit ext4 /boot, reboot
   syslinux_package-ext4_64bit.p... (2.4 KiB)
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Closed by  Tobias Powalowski (tpowa)
Wednesday, 27 June 2018, 04:54 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  6.03-10
Comment by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik) - Friday, 06 April 2018, 20:55 GMT
syslinux-6.03-9 with this upstream patch been added to [testing], please check that it works as expected.
Comment by nl6720 (nl6720) - Saturday, 07 April 2018, 05:50 GMT
You didn't update the syslinux-install_update script, it will not allow installing when there is a separate ext4 formatted (with the 64bit option enabled) /boot partition.
   syslinux.patch (1.4 KiB)
Comment by Anatol Pomozov (anatolik) - Saturday, 07 April 2018, 17:08 GMT
Oops missed that. See -10 package in [testing].
Comment by nl6720 (nl6720) - Saturday, 07 April 2018, 17:24 GMT
syslinux 6.03-10 works.

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