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If you have any problems (e.g. does not compile) with this package, consider the binary shells: https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/tree/master/ShellBinPkg.

make[2]: Entering directory '/srv/installers/AUR/uefi-shell-git/src/edk2/BaseTools/Source/C/VfrCompile'
g++ -c -I Pccts/h -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/X64/  -O2 -Wno-unused-result EfiVfrParser.cpp -o EfiVfrParser.o
g++ -c -I Pccts/h -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/X64/  -O2 -Wno-unused-result VfrLexer.cpp -o VfrLexer.o
g++ -c -DPCCTS_USE_NAMESPACE_STD -I Pccts/h -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/X64/  -O2  VfrSyntax.cpp -o VfrSyntax.o
g++ -c -I Pccts/h -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/X64/  -O2 -Wno-unused-result VfrFormPkg.cpp -o VfrFormPkg.o
g++ -c -I Pccts/h -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/X64/  -O2 -Wno-unused-result VfrError.cpp -o VfrError.o
g++ -c -I Pccts/h -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/X64/  -O2 -Wno-unused-result VfrUtilityLib.cpp -o VfrUtilityLib.o
g++ -c -I Pccts/h -I .. -I ../Include/Common -I ../Include/ -I ../Include/IndustryStandard -I ../Common/ -I .. -I . -I ../Include/X64/  -O2 -Wno-unused-result VfrCompiler.cpp -o VfrCompiler.o
g++ -o ../bin/VfrCompile  AParser.o DLexerBase.o ATokenBuffer.o EfiVfrParser.o VfrLexer.o VfrSyntax.o VfrFormPkg.o VfrError.o VfrUtilityLib.o VfrCompiler.o -L../libs -lCommon
/usr/bin/ld: AParser.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: DLexerBase.o: relocation R_X86_64_32 against `.rodata.str1.8' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: ATokenBuffer.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against symbol `_ZTV16ANTLRTokenBuffer' can not be used when making a PIE object; recompile with -fPIC
/usr/bin/ld: final link failed: nonrepresentable section on output
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make[2]: *** [GNUmakefile:42: ../bin/VfrCompile] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/srv/installers/AUR/uefi-shell-git/src/edk2/BaseTools/Source/C/VfrCompile'
make[1]: *** [GNUmakefile:85: VfrCompile] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/srv/installers/AUR/uefi-shell-git/src/edk2/BaseTools/Source/C'
make: *** [GNUmakefile:25: Source/C] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/srv/installers/AUR/uefi-shell-git/src/edk2/BaseTools'
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

$ g++ -v
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=/usr/bin//g++
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.2.0/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Configured with: /build/gcc/src/gcc/configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --with-bugurl=https://bugs.archlinux.org/ --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,fortran,go,lto,objc,obj-c++ --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --enable-libmpx --with-system-zlib --with-isl --enable-__cxa_atexit --disable-libunwind-exceptions --enable-clocale=gnu --disable-libstdcxx-pch --disable-libssp --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-linker-build-id --enable-lto --enable-plugin --enable-install-libiberty --with-linker-hash-style=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-multilib --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-default-pie --enable-default-ssp --enable-cet=auto
Thread model: posix
gcc version 8.2.0 (GCC)

Although, installing it directly to /boot is not a good idea, because it may not be on the ESP. I would prefer an installer program, like bootctl or memtest86-efi.

I didn't write it, I only adopted it and made minor changes to make it compilable. If I was revamping it I'd get rid of all the unnecessary functions and probably get rid of i686 support. Patches accepted.

Or, Hello71, phrased as question: Why do you install the efi file to /usr and not to /boot directly (admittedly, one would need to check, whether to install it to /boot, /efi or /boot/efi, but this seems to be do-able)?

Hi @Hello71, what do you think about adding a pointer on what to do with the compiled .efi binary? For example, in the post_install message, one could add something like

To use the shell in EFI, either (a) copy it to <EFI_SYSTEM_PARTITION>/shellx64.efi, usually /boot/EFI/shellx64.efi, or (b) to some other location in the EFI system partition and make sure, that your EFI boot loader understands, where to find it and how to use it -- for more info, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Category:Boot_loaders (for the default systemd-boot see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-boot)

A bit lengthy, but could help people, who do not know too much about UEFI, what to do with it...

Cheers

Heads up: the listed upstream URL doesn't exist any more. Seems like it should be updated to GitHub? No issues with the actual package though, thanks!

With the latest gcc package now pushed to [core] (gcc (7.1.1-4 -> 7.2.0-2) ) and along with the related packages completed with today's pacman update, this package now builds without the need to make any alterations to the PKGBUILD file.

one line fix for PKGBUILD which fixes the compiler flag to include -fPIC as needed forgcc 7.2.0 (don't see how to add attachment so inline here:

sed 's|-Werror |-Wno-error -Wno-unused-but-set-variable |g' -i "${EDK_TOOLS_PATH}/Source/C/Makefiles/header.makefile" || true
+ # fix for gcc 7.2
+ sed 's|-BUILD_CFLAGS = |-BUILD_CFLAGS =-fPIC |g' -i "${EDK_TOOLS_PATH}/Source/C/Makefiles/header.makefile" || true

Looks like adding -fPIC to the CFLAGS (in header.makefile) will fix the problem.

Believe it works with gcc 7.1.1 in core - but for me not with 7.2.0 in testing. Strange that it works for you - where I get an error from the loader.