Question about static compiling

[Joe Lewis <joe@joe-lewis.com>]

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