[bug #27962] GRUB-Legacy won't compile. Fails on binutils 2.9.1 dependency.

[John Lovely]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?27962>

                 Summary: GRUB-Legacy won't compile. Fails on binutils 2.9.1
dependency.
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: johnl55
            Submitted on: Fri 06 Nov 2009 09:19:51 PM GMT
                Category: Compilation
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: JohnL
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 
                 Release: other
         Reproducibility: None
         Planned Release: None

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Details:

Running Ubuntu 9.10 on HP nc6400
Grub 2 doesn't work with HP computers under ubuntu 9.10 (see Ubuntu bug
#441941) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/441941

So I'm trying to install Grub in ububtu 9.10.
 
after downloading and unpacking grub 0.97, ./configure fails due to binutils
dependency - see below.

   checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... no
   configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your
binutils

Ubuntu includes binutils 2.20 which clearly complies with the requirement for
greater than binutils 2.9.1

same problem with older version Grub 0.94.

Is there a way to compile Grub-Legacy or are there debs available somewhere.
(Note the Grub 0/\.97 on the Ubuntu 9.10 repository is some sort of hybrid
which also fails so that is not a solution.





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