[bug #25584] Can't build grub2 on amd64

[David Abrahams]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?25584>

                 Summary: Can't build grub2 on amd64
                 Project: GNU GRUB
            Submitted by: bewst
            Submitted on: Fri 13 Feb 2009 08:43:52 PM GMT
                Category: Compilation
                Severity: Major
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Software Error
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
         Originator Name: David Abrahams
        Originator Email: address@hidden
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: 1.96
         Reproducibility: Every Time
         Planned Release: 

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Details:

configure fails as follows:

...
checking for posix_memalign... yes
checking for memalign... yes
checking for objcopy... objcopy
checking for strip... strip
checking for nm... nm
checking whether optimization for size works... yes
checking whether -falign-loops works... yes
checking whether the linker accepts `--build-id=none'... yes
checking whether `gcc' accepts `-fstack-protector'... yes
checking whether objcopy works for absolute addresses... yes
checking if C symbols get an underscore after compilation... no
checking if start is defined by the compiler... no
checking if _start is defined by the compiler... no
configure: error: neither start nor _start is defined





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