Hello, folks;
I joined this list as I have been unable to find a solution that I agree
with on a simple question. This should be short, and an answer should
help others to find solutions through searching. My simple question is
- how do I compile a static form of grub2?
The background - I am trying to create my own LFS system on a dual
quad-core Xeon (x86_64), and the LFS turns out to be a pure-64 bit
environment. I am unable to compile grub, as it requires a 32 bit libc,
and everything I find about grub shows I will have to use a statically
compiled version. My research (mailing list, google, etc) only revealed
setting the enviroment variable for the CFLAGS with a -static, but that
STILL resulted in the binaries holding a reference to /lib/ld-linux.so,
which doesn't exist in a true 64 bit environment - it is
/lib/ld-linux-x86_64.so . And, since it is a 64 bit environment, the
"static" binaries complain about a corrupt shared object if one just
slaps a symlink in there (I've tried everything I can think of).
I finally hit a wall, and I do not know where to look next. Has anyone
built grub2 on another platform for use in an LFS pure-64 bit
environment? Has anyone successfully compiled grub2 in a 64 bit
environment (I doubt this, but it doesn't hurt to ask) ? I'd be willing
to act as a guinea pig if anyone has some patches to test with, etc. I
had the svn version of 1886.
Many thanks for taking the time to read this,
Joe
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