> Can this solution fix the build error without breaking something else?
> I would like to build the patcher to try the installation method 2 as
> described in
> http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/IpodPatcher#2_OSOS_contains_Rockbox_and_the
> but I have no wish to brick my DAP! ;-)

You don't need to build ipodpatcher to follow those instructions: only
the bootloader. ipodpatcher only uses its compiled-in copy of the
bootloader if you specify no arguments. Use -a to append the bootloader
from a file.

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Torne Wuff
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