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> Thanks Paolo,
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> Then only the issue regarding the pcbios/optionrom stuff remains ;-)
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> make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'multiboot.bin', needed by 'all'. Stop.
> make: *** [Makefile:171: pc-bios/optionrom/all] Error 2
> make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
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> Best,
> Howard
>
Hi Howard,
one solution for this issue is to uncomment the following line in msys2_shell.cmd.
rem To activate windows native symlinks uncomment next line
set MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict
Then tell Windows 10 it's okay to create symlinks without elevated rights. Here is a link with a description how to do this.
https://www.joshkel.com/2018/01/18/symlinks-in-windows/
I think since commit bf708f3c4a "optionrom: simplify Makefile" pc-bios/optionrom/Makefile in your build directory has to be a symbolic link. Without 'set MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict' msys2 ln -s copies the Makefile instead of creating a symbolic link.
Thanks Volker!
I changed the Windows policy and setting in msys2_shell.cmd. However, I had to edit ming64.ini to uncomment the MSYS=winsymlinks:nativestrict there as well to get things going.
While it is great to have this fix, I can't say I'm really happy with the need to change the Windows policy and to have to fix msys2.
The patches Mark referred to and to which I also pointed earlier did fix this problem without changing Windows/Msys2/Mingw64 settings.
Best regards,
Howard