[syslinux] SYSLINUX doesn't build on RedHat 4

[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 ?

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Ole Holm Nielsen
Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark,