Bug 447214 – >=sys-boot/syslinux-5.00 alert users of necessary actions on upgrade due to switch from COMBOOT to ELF binary format

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Xavier Miller (RETIRED) 2012-12-14 10:29:02 UTC]

Since syslinux 5 has reached the unstable tree, I tried to update my system running extlinux V4.

But at reboot, I got the following message "Could not locate ldlinux.c32".
I tried to copy the missing file, but it does not work.

The official syslinux page don't mention the version 5 (http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/The_Syslinux_Project ), and the documentation don't mention that issue.

So I would ask to hard-mask it until there is a V5 documentation.

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
System with extlinux V5 don't boot

Expected Results:  
Bootable system

[Comment 1 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn 2012-12-14 10:37:52 UTC]

What exact commands did you run to update?

[Comment 2 Xavier Miller (RETIRED) 2012-12-14 10:51:53 UTC]

I tried
    syslinux --install /boot/extlinux
and
    syslinux --update /boot/extlinux

None of them install ldlinux.c32

[Comment 3 Xavier Miller (RETIRED) 2012-12-14 11:50:25 UTC]

Please mask it: https://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2012-December/024134.html

[Comment 4 Xavier Miller (RETIRED) 2012-12-14 12:27:54 UTC]

I close my request because this is more a global documentation problem.

[Comment 5 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn 2013-06-24 13:58:28 UTC]

Fixed in 5.10