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

 
 

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bug #25584: Can't build grub2 on amd64

Submitted by:  David Abrahams <bewst>
Submitted on:  Fri 13 Feb 2009 08:43:52 PM UTC  
 
Category: CompilationSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: Software Error
Status: InvalidPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: David Abrahams
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 1.96
Release: NoneReproducibility: 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>
Project 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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