Re: powerpc-ieee1275 and grub-mkfont dependency

[Daniel Kiper]

Hi Aaro,

On Wed, Nov 09, 2016 at 12:23:59AM +0200, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When upgrading from 2.00 to 2.02~beta3, I noticed that on powerpc it's
> no longer possible to build with --disable-grub-mkfont: ./configure
> forces it and complains about missing fontconfig etc.
>
> However, when I delete those checks from the configure script, I'm able
> to build and install a working bootloader for my G4 & G5 Macs (with the
> same functionality as with 2.00, using either OF console or serial).
>
> So I think those configure checks should be relaxed. I think it's overkill
> to require fontconfig etc. stuff just to build a serial console bootloader
> for G5 server.

No problem. Could you send us a fix for this issue?

Daniel