[syslinux] how to compile syslinux-4.03

[Gilles Espinasse]

Selon Dag Wieers <dag at wieers.com>:

> On Mon, 29 Nov 2010, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> > On 11/29/2010 09:51 AM, Gene Cumm wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> My build system is RadHat Advance 5 update 5.
> >>>> the version of gcc is 4.1.2
> >>>> nasm is latest one, version is 2.0.9
> >>>> I don't know the builtin version. i just install bash from the disc.
> >>
> >> Binutils is a package.  Try running 'as --version' and the GNU
> >> assembler should show you the version.  GNU assembler is a part of
> >> binutils.
> >>
> >> The other user had CentOS 5.5, which should be similar (if not same)
> >> versions.  I never heard if an update to binutils solved this issue or
> >> if the user had to also upgrade GCC in order for things to work.  I'm
> >> BCC'ing the user as I'm uncertain if he is on the list.
> >
> > Since CentOS 5.5 and RHEL 5 AS 5 are basically the same packages, this
> > sounds like a fairly narrow set of conditions having problems.
>
> I still build syslinux for RHEL3, RHEL4, RHEL5 and RHEL6 and I can attest
> that building works fine on these vanilla distributions.
>
> For RHEL5 that includes gcc 4.1.2 and nasm 0.98.39. At least the RHEL5
> package is used on a daily basis.
>
You probably build only as recommended in doc/distrib.txt, aka
make installer
make install

Full build (only make) will not support nasm-0.98.39, tested yesterday

Gilles