[syslinux] SYSLINUX doesn't build on RedHat 4

[H. Peter Anvin]

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