error compiling...

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name...
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

Config.log contains the following:

## --------- ##
## Platform. ##
## --------- ##

hostname = novak.ethosuk.org.uk
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 2.6.24.4-64.fc8
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Sat Mar 29 09:15:49 EDT 2008

/usr/bin/uname -p = unknown
/bin/uname -X     = unknown

/bin/arch              = x86_64
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
/usr/bin/hostinfo      = unknown
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /usr/kerberos/bin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /usr/X11R6/bin
PATH: /home/scott/bin

and then

Target: i686-pc-linux-gnu

(not sure why, where will it get this from?)

and then

configure:2966: gcc -V >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:2969: $? = 1
configure:2992: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:3019: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
/tmp/ccDcjJHu.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccDcjJHu.s:6: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `push'
configure:3022: $? = 1
configure:3060: result:
configure: failed program was:

Regards,
Scott

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