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1{ lib
2, stdenv
3, fetchFromRepoOrCz
4, gnu-efi
5, fetchurl
6, fetchpatch
7, libuuid
8, makeWrapper
9, mtools
10, nasm
11, nixosTests
12, perl
13, python3
14}:
15
16stdenv.mkDerivation {
17 pname = "syslinux";
18 version = "unstable-2019-02-07";
19
20 # This is syslinux-6.04-pre3^1; syslinux-6.04-pre3 fails to run.
21 # Same issue here https://www.syslinux.org/archives/2019-February/026330.html
22 src = fetchFromRepoOrCz {
23 repo = "syslinux";
24 rev = "b40487005223a78c3bb4c300ef6c436b3f6ec1f7";
25 hash = "sha256-XNC+X7UYxdMQQAg4MLACQLxRNnI5/ZCOiCJrEkKgPeM=";
26 };
27
28 patches = let
29 fetchDebianPatch = name: commit: hash:
30 fetchurl {
31 url = "https://salsa.debian.org/images-team/syslinux/raw/"
32 + commit + "/debian/patches/" + name;
33 inherit name hash;
34 };
35 fetchArchlinuxPatch = name: commit: hash:
36 fetchurl {
37 url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/archlinux/svntogit-packages/"
38 + commit + "/trunk/" + name;
39 inherit name hash;
40 };
41 in [
42 ./gcc10.patch
43 (fetchDebianPatch
44 "0002-gfxboot-menu-label.patch"
45 "fa1349f1"
46 "sha256-0f6QhM4lJmGflLige4n7AZTodL7vnyAvi5dIedd/Lho=")
47 (fetchArchlinuxPatch
48 "0005-gnu-efi-version-compatibility.patch"
49 "821c3da473d1399d930d5b4a086e46a4179eaa45"
50 "sha256-hhCVnfbAFWj/R4yh60qsMB87ofW9RznarsByhl6L4tc=")
51 (fetchArchlinuxPatch
52 "0025-reproducible-build.patch"
53 "821c3da473d1399d930d5b4a086e46a4179eaa45"
54 "sha256-mnb291pCSFvDNxY7o4BosJ94ib3BpOGRQIiY8Q3jZmI=")
55 (fetchDebianPatch
56 # mbr.bin: too big (452 > 440)
57 # https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=906414
58 "0016-strip-gnu-property.patch"
59 "7468ef0e38c43"
60 "sha256-lW+E6THuXlTGvhly0f/D9NwYHhkiKHot2l+bz9Eaxp4=")
61 (fetchDebianPatch
62 # mbr.bin: too big (452 > 440)
63 "0017-single-load-segment.patch"
64 "012e1dd312eb"
65 "sha256-C6VmdlTs1blMGUHH3OfOlFBZsfpwRn9vWodwqVn8+Cs=")
66 (fetchDebianPatch
67 "0018-prevent-pow-optimization.patch"
68 "26f0e7b2"
69 "sha256-dVzXBi/oSV9vYgU85mRFHBKuZdup+1x1BipJX74ED7E=")
70 # Fixes build with "modern" gnu-efi
71 ./import-efisetjmp.patch
72 # Upstream patch: https://www.syslinux.org/archives/2024-February/026903.html
73 ./define-wchar_t.patch
74 ];
75
76 postPatch = ''
77 substituteInPlace Makefile --replace-fail /bin/pwd $(type -P pwd)
78 substituteInPlace utils/ppmtolss16 --replace-fail /usr/bin/perl $(type -P perl)
79
80 # fix tests
81 substituteInPlace tests/unittest/include/unittest/unittest.h \
82 --replace-fail /usr/include/ ""
83 '';
84
85 nativeBuildInputs = [
86 nasm
87 perl
88 python3
89 makeWrapper
90 ];
91
92 buildInputs = [
93 libuuid
94 gnu-efi
95 ];
96
97 # Fails very rarely with 'No rule to make target: ...'
98 enableParallelBuilding = false;
99
100 hardeningDisable = [ "pic" "stackprotector" "fortify" ];
101
102 stripDebugList = [ "bin" "sbin" "share/syslinux/com32" ];
103
104 # Workaround build failure on -fno-common toolchains like upstream
105 # gcc-10. Otherwise build fails as:
106 # ld: acpi/xsdt.o:/build/syslinux-b404870/com32/gpllib/../gplinclude/memory.h:40: multiple definition of
107 # `e820_types'; memory.o:/build/syslinux-b404870/com32/gpllib/../gplinclude/memory.h:40: first defined here
108 env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-fcommon";
109
110 makeFlags = [
111 "BINDIR=$(out)/bin"
112 "SBINDIR=$(out)/sbin"
113 "DATADIR=$(out)/share"
114 "MANDIR=$(out)/share/man"
115 "PERL=perl"
116 "HEXDATE=0x00000000"
117 # Works around confusing (unrelated) error messages when upx is not made available
118 "UPX=false"
119
120 # Configurations needed to make use of external gnu-efi
121 "LIBEFI=${gnu-efi}/lib/libefi.a"
122 "LIBDIR=${gnu-efi}/lib/"
123 "EFIINC=${gnu-efi}/include/efi"
124
125 # Legacy bios boot target is always built
126 "bios"
127 ]
128 # Build "ia32" EFI for i686
129 ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isi686 "efi32"
130 # Build "x86_64" EFI for x86_64
131 ++ lib.optional stdenv.hostPlatform.isx86_64 "efi64"
132 ;
133
134 # Some tests require qemu, some others fail in a sandboxed environment
135 doCheck = false;
136
137 postInstall = ''
138 wrapProgram $out/bin/syslinux \
139 --prefix PATH : "${mtools}/bin"
140
141 # Delete com32 headers to save space, nobody seems to be using them
142 rm -rf $out/share/syslinux/com32
143 '';
144
145 passthru.tests.biosCdrom = nixosTests.boot.biosCdrom;
146
147 meta = with lib; {
148 homepage = "https://www.syslinux.org/";
149 description = "Lightweight bootloader";
150 license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
151 maintainers = [ ];
152 platforms = [ "i686-linux" "x86_64-linux" ];
153 };
154}