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[Doug Jolley]

>What error happens exactly? Can you attach config.log?

Sure.  I'm appending first the output obtained from running
'configure' and that is followed by a copy of the config.log
file.  Thanks.

     ... doug
         (Linux+ Certified Professional)
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checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/ginstall -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnu
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking whether optimization for size works... yes
checking whether -Wundef works... yes
checking for objcopy... objcopy
checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation... no
checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your 
binutils

This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.53.  Invocation command line was

$ ./configure 

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = darkstar
uname -m = i686
uname -r = 2.4.18
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #4 Fri May 31 01:25:31 PDT 2002

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = i686
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo               = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/bin


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:1304: checking for a BSD-compatible install
configure:1358: result: /usr/bin/ginstall -c
configure:1369: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:1412: result: yes
configure:1446: checking for gawk
configure:1462: found /usr/bin/gawk
configure:1472: result: gawk
configure:1482: checking whether make sets ${MAKE}
configure:1502: result: yes
configure:1617: checking build system type
configure:1635: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:1643: checking host system type
configure:1657: result: i686-pc-linux-gnu
configure:1680: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of 
Makefiles
configure:1689: result: no
configure:1800: checking for gcc
configure:1816: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:1826: result: gcc
configure:1884: checking for gcc
configure:1910: result: gcc
configure:2154: checking for C compiler version
configure:2157: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
2.95.3
configure:2160: $? = 0
configure:2162: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-slackware-linux/2.95.3/specs
gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
configure:2165: $? = 0
configure:2167: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: argument to `-V' is missing
configure:2170: $? = 1
configure:2196: checking for C compiler default output
configure:2199: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
configure:2202: $? = 0
configure:2235: result: a.out
configure:2240: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:2246: ./a.out
configure:2249: $? = 0
configure:2264: result: yes
configure:2271: checking whether we are cross compiling
configure:2273: result: no
configure:2276: checking for suffix of executables
configure:2278: gcc -o conftest    conftest.c  >&5
configure:2281: $? = 0
configure:2303: result: 
configure:2309: checking for suffix of object files
configure:2333: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
configure:2336: $? = 0
configure:2355: result: o
configure:2359: checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler
configure:2386: gcc -c   conftest.c >&5
configure:2389: $? = 0
configure:2392: test -s conftest.o
configure:2395: $? = 0
configure:2407: result: yes
configure:2413: checking whether gcc accepts -g
configure:2437: gcc -c -g  conftest.c >&5
configure:2440: $? = 0
configure:2443: test -s conftest.o
configure:2446: $? = 0
configure:2456: result: yes
configure:2483: gcc -c -g -O2  conftest.c >&5
conftest.c:2: parse error before `me'
configure:2486: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
#ifndef __cplusplus
  choke me
#endif
configure:2604: checking for style of include used by make
configure:2632: result: GNU
configure:2639: checking dependency style of gcc
configure:2701: result: gcc
configure:2710: checking dependency style of gcc
configure:2772: result: gcc
configure:2871: checking for ranlib
configure:2887: found /usr/bin/ranlib
configure:2898: result: ranlib
configure:2922: checking whether optimization for size works
configure:2950: gcc -c -Os -g  conftest.c >&5
configure:2953: $? = 0
configure:2956: test -s conftest.o
configure:2959: $? = 0
configure:2971: result: yes
configure:2989: checking whether -Wundef works
configure:3016: gcc -c -g -Wundef conftest.c >&5
configure:3019: $? = 0
configure:3022: test -s conftest.o
configure:3025: $? = 0
configure:3037: result: yes
configure:3129: checking for objcopy
configure:3145: found /usr/bin/objcopy
configure:3155: result: objcopy
configure:3171: checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation
configure:3186: gcc -g -S conftest.c
configure:3189: $? = 0
configure:3216: result: no
configure:3219: checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses
configure:3232: gcc -c -g  -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wunused -Wshadow 
-Wpointer-arith -malign-jumps=1 -malign-loops=1 -malign-functions=1 -Wundef 
conftest.c >&5
conftest.c:3: warning: no previous prototype for `cmain'
configure:3235: $? = 0
configure:3245: gcc -g -nostdlib -Wl,-N -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,2000 conftest.o -o 
conftest.exec
/usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; 
defaulting to 0000000000002000
configure:3248: $? = 0
configure:3256: objcopy -O binary conftest.exec conftest
configure:3259: $? = 0
configure:3245: gcc -g -nostdlib -Wl,-N -Wl,-Ttext -Wl,8000 conftest.o -o 
conftest.exec
/usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld: warning: cannot find entry symbol _start; 
defaulting to 0000000000008000
configure:3248: $? = 0
configure:3256: objcopy -O binary conftest.exec conftest
configure:3259: $? = 0
configure:3267: cmp -s conftest.old conftest
./configure: cmp: command not found
configure:3270: $? = 127
configure:3281: result: no
configure:3284: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your 
binutils

## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_build=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_build_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_c_compiler_gnu=yes
ac_cv_env_CC_set=
ac_cv_env_CC_value=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_exeext=
ac_cv_host=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_host_alias=i686-pc-linux-gnu
ac_cv_objext=o
ac_cv_path_install='/usr/bin/ginstall -c'
ac_cv_prog_AWK=gawk
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=gcc
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_OBJCOPY=objcopy
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_RANLIB=ranlib
ac_cv_prog_cc_g=yes
ac_cv_prog_make_make_set=yes
am_cv_CC_dependencies_compiler_type=gcc
grub_cv_asm_uscore=no
grub_cv_prog_objcopy_absolute=no

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

#define PACKAGE_NAME ""
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
#define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
#define PACKAGE_STRING ""
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
#define PACKAGE "grub"
#define VERSION "0.92"

configure: exit 1
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Doug Jolley     mailto://address@hidden      http://www.footech.com
         Don't bogart that file, my friend.  Net it over to me.
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