[Bug 426419] Re: configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade your binutils

[dhiraj]

Thanks a ton @ravidborse and all.
I just followed your steps and it worked.
It helped me on Debian 8 (Jessie).

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Title:
  configure: error: GRUB requires a working absolute objcopy; upgrade
  your binutils

Status in grub package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in grub package in Debian:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  ./configure (for grub 0.97 source) gives this error on Karmic Koala
  Alpha 5 for i386:

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

  
  binutils is the latest available so there seems to be a problem with objcopy

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
  Release:        9.10

  
  $ apt-cache show binutils
  Package: binutils
  Priority: optional
  Section: devel
  Installed-Size: 9564
  Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
  Original-Maintainer: Matthias Klose <doko at debian.org>
  Architecture: i386
  Version: 2.19.51.20090827-1ubuntu1
  Provides: elf-binutils
  Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
  Suggests: binutils-doc (>= 2.19.51.20090827-1ubuntu1)
  Conflicts: elf-binutils, gas, modutils (<< 2.4.19-1)
  Filename: pool/main/b/binutils/binutils_2.19.51.20090827-1ubuntu1_i386.deb
  Size: 1653974
  MD5sum: f75c9f5c8a9c7bd28d4b0a337916587b
  SHA1: 1ae21a988fbdb46231de457176c717bd4b420799
  SHA256: 081886734173055018aae21cff2a72544d28b35a8d7a24bdba2b7e9ca9c29d8d
  Description: The GNU assembler, linker and binary utilities
   The programs in this package are used to assemble, link and manipulate
   binary and object files.  They may be used in conjunction with a compiler
   and various libraries to build programs.
  Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
  Build-Essential: yes
  Origin: Ubuntu
  Task: ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-netbook, edubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-master, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, ubuntu-netbook-remix

  $ uname -a
  Linux mini 2.6.31-9-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 30 17:39:23 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

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