IPXE fails to compile #454
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Using Debian 11, iPXE was cloned with |
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When you have a git clone, the build process will presume the ability to use You can avoid this problem by using either a full (non-shallow) git clone, or a non-git source archive such as https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe/archive/refs/heads/master.zip |
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When you have a git clone, the build process will presume the ability to use
git describe
in order to determine the version number. This will fail if you have a shallow clone (which you will have due to--depth=1
).You can avoid this problem by using either a full (non-shallow) git clone, or a non-git source archive such as https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe/archive/refs/heads/master.zip