[syslinux] SYSLINUX doesn't build on RedHat 4

[Geert Stappers]

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 )