[arch-general] syslinux 6.01-1 issues

[Karol Blazewicz]

On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am 05.07.2013 20:24, schrieb Karol Blazewicz:
>> I'm using syslinux for my bootloader. I'm using BIOS, not UEFI, on a
>> 32-bit system.
>> After updating syslinux 5.10-3 -> 6.01-1 the modules' symlinks in
>> /boot/syslinux didn't get updated and still point to
>> /usr/lib/syslinux/ instead of to /usr/lib/syslinux/bios e.g. menu.c32
>> -> /usr/lib/syslinux/menu.c32 which prevents the syslinux menu from
>> appearing on boot (modules not found).
>> Running '# /usr/bin/syslinux-install_update -i -a -m' doesn't help.
>>
>> Should I remove all the symlinks from /boot/syslinux and only copy the
>> needed files back? I didn't install syslinux manually so i don't know
>> why should I have to do this. Did I miss / misunderstand something?
>
> The install script needs an update. Just remove the .c32 and
>  ln -s /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/*.c32 .
>
>

Thanks for a very fast answer :-)
Should I open a bug report?
If you don't plan on fixing it immediately, please post a message on
arch-dev-public, because not everyone is reading arch-general even
though this seems to be only an annoyance, not a system-breaking bug.