http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53529
--- Comment #4 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> 2013-02-09 23:00:37 UTC --- (In reply to comment #3) > Similar error is always on MinGW hosts. MinGW has '.' in front of PATH by > default. > So if try to build GCC with language that require C++ or to build GCC by C++, > you'll always get I fixed that issue in 4.8, see PR 54279. The original issue of as/ld in the PATH is recorded here.