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[syslinux] Syslinux 5.00 released

H. Peter Anvin hpa at zytor.com
Thu Dec 6 15:43:48 PST 2012 
On 12/06/2012 03:30 PM, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
> Op 7-12-2012 0:17, H. Peter Anvin schreef:
> 
>> You also need to copy libutil_com.c32, since menu.c32 depends on it;
>> that is what the error message is trying to tell you.
>>
>> In general, unless you have a reason *not* to install all the .c32
>> files, it is probably a good idea.
> 
> Thanks for indicating the fix and mentioning the file-dependancy. This
> long filename "libutil_com.c32" means I'll stick to SYSLINUX 4.06 as I'd
> like to be able to create my FreeDOS CD from DOS (mkisofs/genisoimage)
> thus being stuck to a subset of 8.3 names for files and directories
> exchanged between FAT and ISO9660 level 1 filesystems (so no VFAT nor
> Joliet).
> 
> Looking forward to see 5.xx / 6.xx-pre series in distro's like
> PartedMagic :)
> 

Hm, didn't realize anyone still cared about that.  We may need to
reconsider using long filenames.

	-hpa
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