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bug #27962: GRUB-Legacy won't compile. Fails on binutils 2.9.1 dependency.

Submitted by:  John Lovely <johnl55>
Submitted on:  Fri 06 Nov 2009 09:19:51 PM UTC  
 
Category: CompilationSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: None
Status: Wont FixPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: JohnL
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 
Release: otherReproducibility: None
Planned Release: None

Fri 06 Nov 2009 09:23:28 PM UTC, comment #1:

Sorry but we don't accept any GRUB Legacy bug reports anymore.
pre compiled debs are avaible inside Ubuntu and Debian.

Felix Zielcke <fzielcke>
Project Member
Fri 06 Nov 2009 09:19:51 PM UTC, original submission:

Running Ubuntu 9.10 on HP nc6400
Grub 2 doesn't work with HP computers under ubuntu 9.10 (see Ubuntu bug #441941) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441941

So I'm trying to install Grub in ububtu 9.10.

after downloading and unpacking grub 0.97, ./configure fails due to binutils dependency - see below.

checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils

Ubuntu includes binutils 2.20 which clearly complies with the requirement for greater than binutils 2.9.1

same problem with older version Grub 0.94.

Is there a way to compile Grub-Legacy or are there debs available somewhere. (Note the Grub 0/\.97 on the Ubuntu 9.10 repository is some sort of hybrid which also fails so that is not a solution.

John Lovely <johnl55>

 

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