On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 14:15 +0100, Pierre Labastie wrote: > On Sun, 2021-02-07 at 13:38 +0100, Frans de Boer wrote: > > LS, > > > > Finally had a change to finish the LFS build. Alas, the grub- > > install > > reported the old error "Decompression is too big". > > Here is the solution to add to the section to compile grub: > > > > # Patch gentpl.py to avoid an error from grub-mkinstall > > "Decompressor > > is > > too big" > > # Source: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/grub-devel@gnu.org/msg29840.html > > # > > sed -i -E "s@(.*-R .note.gnu.gold-version -R)(.*)@\1 > > .note.gnu.property > > -R\2@" gentpl.py > > ln -fs /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python # grub needs 'python' > > ./autogen.sh > > rm -f /usr/bin/python > > > > Very interesting, thanks! There are several hundreds of commits in > grub > repositories since the last release. I hope we'll see a release > soon... > > For us, instead of running autogen, can't the generated file be > patched > directly? I looks like gentpl.py generates Makefile.*.am, and my > guess > is that this ends up in Makefile.*.in after running autofu... > > Will look more closely
Yes this can be simplified to (sorry for format, need to fit into 80 chars per line): sed -i -E \ "s@(.*-R .note.gnu.gold-version -R)(.*)@\1 .note.gnu.property -R\2@" \ Makefile.in grub-core/Makefile.in before running configure. Results: - without the sed, after make: ------ $ ls -l grub-core/lzma* -rwxr-xr-x 1 pierre pierre 4972 7 févr. 15:01 grub- core/lzma_decompress.image -rwxr-xr-x 1 pierre pierre 134479612 7 févr. 15:01 grub- core/lzma_decompress.img ------ - with the sed, after make: ------ $ ls -l grub-core/lzma* -rwxr-xr-x 1 pierre pierre 4972 7 févr. 15:09 grub- core/lzma_decompress.image -rwxr-xr-x 1 pierre pierre 2848 7 févr. 15:09 grub- core/lzma_decompress.img ------ If nobody speaks up, will add that tomorrow to grub page. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
