I grabbed the new SYSLINUX 3.54, but it refuses to build on my RedHat RHEL4 system: # make set -e ; for i in mbr ; do make DATE=0x47606c42 HEXDATE=0x47606c42 -C $i all ; done make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/syslinux-3.54/mbr' gcc -m32 -ffreestanding -march=i386 -Wa,-a=mbr.lst -c -o mbr.o mbr.S as: option `-alternate' doesn't allow an argument make[1]: *** [mbr.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/syslinux-3.54/mbr' make: *** [all] Error 2 RHEL4 has this GCC compiler: # gcc --version gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8) Is there any fix or workaround ? -- Ole Holm Nielsen Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark,
Op 14-12-2007 om 09:36 schreef Ole Holm Nielsen:> I grabbed the new SYSLINUX 3.54, but it refuses to build on my RedHat RHEL4 > system: > > # make > set -e ; for i in mbr ; do make DATE=0x47606c42 HEXDATE=0x47606c42 -C $i all ; done > make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/syslinux-3.54/mbr' > gcc -m32 -ffreestanding -march=i386 -Wa,-a=mbr.lst -c -o mbr.o mbr.S > as: option `-alternate' doesn't allow an argument > make[1]: *** [mbr.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/syslinux-3.54/mbr' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > RHEL4 has this GCC compiler: > # gcc --version > gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8) > > Is there any fix or workaround ?gcc version four piont something (4.x) ? Geert Stappers ( not aware of which version of gcc is shipped with RH4 )
Ole Holm Nielsen wrote:> I grabbed the new SYSLINUX 3.54, but it refuses to build on my RedHat RHEL4 > system: > > # make > set -e ; for i in mbr ; do make DATE=0x47606c42 HEXDATE=0x47606c42 -C $i all ; done > make[1]: Entering directory `/scratch/syslinux-3.54/mbr' > gcc -m32 -ffreestanding -march=i386 -Wa,-a=mbr.lst -c -o mbr.o mbr.S > as: option `-alternate' doesn't allow an argument > make[1]: *** [mbr.o] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/scratch/syslinux-3.54/mbr' > make: *** [all] Error 2 > > RHEL4 has this GCC compiler: > # gcc --version > gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 20060404 (Red Hat 3.4.6-8) > > Is there any fix or workaround ? >It's an issue with gas, not with gcc. If you remove the -Wa,-a... argument from mbr/Makefile you can probably get it to build. -a is supposed to be list file, not "-alternate". -hpa
> H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> > Ole Holm Nielsen wrote: >>> >> I grabbed the new SYSLINUX 3.54, but it refuses to build on my RedHat RHEL4 >>> >> system:...>> > It's an issue with gas, not with gcc. >> > >> > If you remove the -Wa,-a... argument from mbr/Makefile you can probably >> > get it to build. -a is supposed to be list file, not "-alternate".Yes, that fixes "make" on RedHat RHEL4. Thanks a lot.> Anyway... the obvious workaround is to use "make installer" (see > distrib.doc). You shouldn't need to rebuild the distributed binaries on > an old system.Thanks. I just needed a few SYSLINUX binaries for PXE booting and I didn't realize that distrib.doc contained information relevant for me. Turns out that I probably don't need to "make" at all ! I'm trying to document the use of PXELINUX for administrators of Linux clusters, see https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/niflheim/PXE-booting (comments welcomed :-). /Ole