bugGNU GRUB - Bugs: bug #25584, Can't build grub2 on amd64

 
 

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bug #25584: Can't build grub2 on amd64

Submitter:  David Abrahams <bewst>
Submitted:  Fri 13 Feb 2009 08:43:52 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Compilation Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Software Error
Status:  Invalid Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  David Abrahams
Open/Closed:  Closed Release:  None
Release:  1.96 Reproducibility:  Every Time
Planned Release:  None

Tue 17 Feb 2009 09:06:31 PM UTC, comment #2: 

As #25610 and #25614 show, the SVN source didn't work out too well for me.

David Abrahams <bewst>
Fri 13 Feb 2009 08:45:51 PM UTC, comment #1: 

On Debian/Ubuntu you need to install gcc-multilib, for other distros I don't know. You need a working 32bit compiler
By the way the 1.96 release is one year old better use SVN.

Felix Zielcke <fzielcke>
Group Member
Fri 13 Feb 2009 08:43:52 PM UTC, original submission:  

configure fails as follows:

...
checking for posix_memalign... yes
checking for memalign... yes
checking for objcopy... objcopy
checking for strip... strip
checking for nm... nm
checking whether optimization for size works... yes
checking whether -falign-loops works... yes
checking whether the linker accepts `--build-id=none'... yes
checking whether `gcc' accepts `-fstack-protector'... yes
checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... yes
checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation... no
checking if start is defined by the compiler... no
checking if _start is defined by the compiler... no
configure: error: neither start nor _start is defined

David Abrahams <bewst>

 

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