The ./configure stage of gcc is really stupid, if you have a cross compiler
installed on the host it'll sometimes find the linker out of it and make
the new cc call the old ld, for no apparent reason. (Can we say version skew?)

diff -ru gcc-core/gcc/configure gcc-core2/gcc/configure
--- gcc-core/gcc/configure	2007-01-01 21:44:31.000000000 -0600
+++ gcc-core2/gcc/configure	2014-01-05 10:43:10.245563728 -0600
@@ -13294,7 +13294,7 @@
   :
 else
 
-if test -x "$DEFAULT_ASSEMBLER"; then
+if test -x "$DEFAULT_ASSEMBLER" && false; then
 	gcc_cv_as="$DEFAULT_ASSEMBLER"
 elif test -f $gcc_cv_as_gas_srcdir/configure.in \
      && test -f ../gas/Makefile \
@@ -13410,7 +13410,7 @@
   :
 else
 
-if test -x "$DEFAULT_LINKER"; then
+if test -x "$DEFAULT_LINKER" && false; then
 	gcc_cv_ld="$DEFAULT_LINKER"
 elif test -f $gcc_cv_ld_gld_srcdir/configure.in \
      && test -f ../ld/Makefile \