From f0de21acceb48ab5303917b102a7b57a23dda775 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:45:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Revert "configure: Print a more helpful error if
 autoconf-archive is not installed"

Reverts: ac042f3f58d33ce9cd5ff61750f06da1a1d7b0eb
---
 configure.ac | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 47a96c36f..1919b8f52 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1792,11 +1792,6 @@ LIBS=""
 # Defined in acinclude.m4.
 grub_ASM_USCORE
 grub_PROG_TARGET_CC
-
-# The error message produced by autoconf if autoconf-archive is not installed is
-# quite misleading and not very helpful. So, try point people in the right direction.
-m4_ifndef([AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG], [m4_fatal([autoconf-archive is missing. You must install it to generate the configure script.])])
-
 if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" != x1 ; then
 AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--image-base,0x400000],
     [TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,--image-base"],
-- 
2.52.0


From b54f00dc03b6edeead907315cbb3ede1ad1411ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 19:35:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Revert "configure: Check linker for --image-base support"

Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/965424
Reverts: 1a5417f39a0ccefcdd5440f2a67f84d2d2e26960
---
 acinclude.m4 |  5 -----
 configure.ac | 14 ++------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 70c1912f8..fa7840f09 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -79,11 +79,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([grub_PROG_OBJCOPY_ABSOLUTE],
 [AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether ${TARGET_OBJCOPY} works for absolute addresses])
 AC_CACHE_VAL(grub_cv_prog_objcopy_absolute,
 [cat > conftest.c <<\EOF
-asm (
-    ".globl start, _start, __start\n"
-    ".ifdef cmain; .set start = _start = __start = cmain\n.endif\n"
-    ".ifdef _cmain; .set start = _start = __start = _cmain\n.endif\n"
-);
 void cmain (void);
 void
 cmain (void)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1919b8f52..0d693f8d1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1461,6 +1461,7 @@ elif test x$grub_cv_target_cc_link_format = x-mi386pe || test x$grub_cv_target_c
   TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT='$(top_srcdir)'"/conf/i386-cygwin-img-ld.sc"
   TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS="-Wl,-T${TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT}"
   TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC="-Wl,-T${srcdir}/conf/i386-cygwin-img-ld.sc"
+  TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-Ttext"
   TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS=
 else
   TARGET_APPLE_LINKER=0
@@ -1468,6 +1469,7 @@ else
   TARGET_IMG_LDSCRIPT=
   TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS='-Wl,-N'
   TARGET_IMG_LDFLAGS_AC='-Wl,-N'
+  TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-Ttext"
   TARGET_IMG_CFLAGS=
 fi
 
@@ -1793,18 +1795,6 @@ LIBS=""
 grub_ASM_USCORE
 grub_PROG_TARGET_CC
 if test "x$TARGET_APPLE_LINKER" != x1 ; then
-AX_CHECK_LINK_FLAG([-Wl,--image-base,0x400000],
-    [TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,--image-base"],
-    [TARGET_IMG_BASE_LDOPT="-Wl,-Ttext"],
-    [],
-    [AC_LANG_SOURCE([
-asm (".globl start; start:");
-asm (".globl _start; _start:");
-asm (".globl __start; __start:");
-void __main (void);
-void __main (void) {}
-int main (void);
-    ])])
 grub_PROG_OBJCOPY_ABSOLUTE
 fi
 grub_PROG_LD_BUILD_ID_NONE
-- 
2.52.0