build of emacs 22.1 fails on ubuntu 7.10

[jks]

jks@jks-laptop:~/source/emacs-22.1$ nice time ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-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.
Command exited with non-zero status 77
0.40user 0.49system 0:01.84elapsed 48%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 
0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (76major+61866minor)pagefaults 0swaps
jks@jks-laptop:~/source/emacs-22.1$ cat config.log
This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.

It was created by configure, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.61.  Invocation command line was

  $ ./configure

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

hostname = jks-laptop
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 2.6.22-14-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 21:45:15 GMT 2007

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

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

PATH: /home/jks/bin
PATH: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/games


## ----------- ##
## Core tests. ##
## ----------- ##

configure:2094: checking build system type
configure:2112: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:2134: checking host system type
configure:2149: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:3284: checking for gcc
configure:3300: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:3311: result: gcc
configure:3549: checking for C compiler version
configure:3556: gcc --version >&5
gcc (GCC) 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 
PURPOSE.

configure:3559: $? = 0
configure:3566: gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v 
--enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,objc,obj-c++,treelang --prefix=/usr 
--enable-shared --with-system-zlib --libexecdir=/usr/lib 
--without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls 
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.1.3 --program-suffix=-4.1 
--enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug 
--enable-mpfr --enable-checking=release x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)
configure:3569: $? = 0
configure:3576: gcc -V >&5
gcc: '-V' option must have argument
configure:3579: $? = 1
configure:3602: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:3629: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
/usr/bin/ld: crt1.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:3632: $? = 1
configure:3670: result:
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
| #define PACKAGE_STRING ""
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
| #define MAIL_USE_POP 1
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:3677: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.

## ---------------- ##
## Cache variables. ##
## ---------------- ##

ac_cv_build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
ac_cv_env_CC_set=
ac_cv_env_CC_value=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_CPPFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_CPP_set=
ac_cv_env_CPP_value=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_set=
ac_cv_env_LDFLAGS_value=
ac_cv_env_LIBS_set=
ac_cv_env_LIBS_value=
ac_cv_env_XMKMF_set=
ac_cv_env_XMKMF_value=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_build_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_host_alias_value=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_set=
ac_cv_env_target_alias_value=
ac_cv_host=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
ac_cv_prog_ac_ct_CC=gcc

## ----------------- ##
## Output variables. ##
## ----------------- ##

ALLOCA=''
ALSA_CFLAGS=''
ALSA_LIBS=''
CC='gcc'
CFLAGS=''
CFLAGS_SOUND=''
CPP=''
CPPFLAGS=''
C_SWITCH_X_SITE=''
DEFS=''
ECHO_C=''
ECHO_N='-n'
ECHO_T=''
EGREP=''
EXEEXT=''
GETLOADAVG_LIBS=''
GETOPTOBJS=''
GETOPT_H=''
GREP=''
GTK_CFLAGS=''
GTK_LIBS=''
GZIP_PROG=''
INSTALL_DATA=''
INSTALL_INFO=''
INSTALL_PROGRAM=''
INSTALL_SCRIPT=''
KMEM_GROUP=''
LDFLAGS=''
LD_SWITCH_X_SITE=''
LD_SWITCH_X_SITE_AUX=''
LIBOBJS=''
LIBS=''
LIBSOUND=''
LN_S=''
LTLIBOBJS=''
MAINT='#'
NEED_SETGID=''
OBJEXT=''
PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
PACKAGE_NAME=''
PACKAGE_STRING=''
PACKAGE_TARNAME=''
PACKAGE_VERSION=''
PATH_SEPARATOR=':'
PKG_CONFIG=''
RANLIB=''
SET_MAKE=''
SHELL='/bin/bash'
XFT_CFLAGS=''
XFT_LIBS=''
XMKMF=''
X_TOOLKIT_TYPE=''
ac_ct_CC='gcc'
archlibdir='${libexecdir}/emacs/${version}/${configuration}'
bindir='${exec_prefix}/bin'
bitmapdir=''
build='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
build_alias=''
build_cpu='x86_64'
build_os='linux-gnu'
build_vendor='unknown'
c_switch_machine=''
c_switch_system=''
canonical='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
carbon_appdir=''
configuration='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
datadir='${datarootdir}'
datarootdir='${prefix}/share'
docdir='${datadir}/emacs/${version}/etc'
dvidir='${docdir}'
etcdir='${datadir}/emacs/${version}/etc'
exec_prefix='NONE'
gamedir='${localstatedir}/games/emacs'
gameuser='games'
host='x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu'
host_alias=''
host_cpu='x86_64'
host_os='linux-gnu'
host_vendor='unknown'
htmldir='${docdir}'
includedir='${prefix}/include'
infodir='${datarootdir}/info'
libdir='${exec_prefix}/lib'
libexecdir='${exec_prefix}/libexec'
liblockfile=''
lispdir='${datadir}/emacs/${version}/lisp'
lisppath='${locallisppath}:${lispdir}:${datadir}/emacs/${version}/leim'
localedir='${datarootdir}/locale'
locallisppath='${datadir}/emacs/${version}/site-lisp:${datadir}/emacs/site-lisp'
localstatedir='${prefix}/var'
machfile='m/amdx86-64.h'
mandir='${datarootdir}/man'
oldincludedir='/usr/include'
opsysfile='s/gnu-linux.h'
pdfdir='${docdir}'
prefix='NONE'
program_transform_name='s,x,x,'
psdir='${docdir}'
sbindir='${exec_prefix}/sbin'
sharedstatedir='${prefix}/com'
srcdir='/home/jks/source/emacs-22.1'
sysconfdir='${prefix}/etc'
target_alias=''
version=''
x_default_search_path=''

## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

#define PACKAGE_NAME ""
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME ""
#define PACKAGE_VERSION ""
#define PACKAGE_STRING ""
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT ""
#define MAIL_USE_POP 1

configure: exit 77