Bug#879773: stretch-pu: package syslinux/3:6.03+dfsg-14.1+deb9u1
Control: tags -1 + pending
On Sun, 2017-10-29 at 17:58 +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> Control: tags -1 + confirmed
>
> On Wed, 2017-10-25 at 18:21 +0200, Lukas Schwaighofer wrote:
> > I hereby ask for permission to update the syslinux package in
> > stretch.
> > There has been a short discussion about this on debian-cd already
> > [1].
> > The request is about fixing the following three problems:
> >
> > 1. Booting from ext4 filesystems created with Debian stretch does
> > not
> > work, because ext4's 64bit feature is enabled by default (since
> > Debian stretch) and not supported by syslinux [2].
> > 2. Booting from btrfs does not work either for a similar reason
> > [3].
> > 3. A bug in the isolinux isohybrid MBR causing boot failures with
> > some
> > old BIOS [4].
> >
> > [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-cd/2017/10/msg00032.html
> > [2] https://bugs.debian.org/833057
> > [3] https://bugs.debian.org/865462
> > [4] https://bugs.debian.org/879004
>
> Please go ahead.
Uploaded and flagged for acceptance.
Regards,
Adam
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