On a Linux Mint 17.1 system, used git to download new version of Gambit.  When I run ./configure, I get the following:

steve@steve-Satellite-L555D /opt/gambit $ ./configure
checking build system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking host system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking target system type... x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/opt/gambit':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
steve@steve-Satellite-L555D /opt/gambit $

The contents of config.log are:

steve@steve-Satellite-L555D /opt/gambit $ 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 Gambit-C configure v4.7.4, which was
generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was

  $ ./configure

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

hostname = steve-Satellite-L555D
uname -m = x86_64
uname -r = 3.13.0-37-generic
uname -s = Linux
uname -v = #64-Ubuntu SMP Mon Sep 22 21:28:38 UTC 2014

/usr/bin/uname -p = x86_64
/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: /usr/local/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /usr/games
PATH: /usr/local/games


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

configure:2825: checking build system type
configure:2839: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:2859: checking host system type
configure:2872: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:2892: checking target system type
configure:2905: result: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
configure:3143: checking for gcc
configure:3159: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:3170: result: gcc
configure:3399: checking for C compiler version
configure:3408: gcc --version >&5
gcc (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) 4.8.2
Copyright (C) 2013 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:3419: $? = 0
configure:3408: gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libmudflap --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
configure:3419: $? = 0
configure:3408: gcc -V >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3419: $? = 4
configure:3408: gcc -qversion >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3419: $? = 4
configure:3439: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:3461: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crt1.o: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crti.o: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find crtn.o: No such file or directory
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:3465: $? = 1
configure:3503: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Gambit-C"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "gambc-v4_7_4"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "v4.7.4"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Gambit-C v4.7.4"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "gambit@iro.umontreal.ca"
| #define PACKAGE_URL ""
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
|
| int
| main ()
| {
|
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:3508: error: in `/opt/gambit':
configure:3510: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

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## Cache variables. ##
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## ----------- ##
## confdefs.h. ##
## ----------- ##

/* confdefs.h */
#define PACKAGE_NAME "Gambit-C"
#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "gambc-v4_7_4"
#define PACKAGE_VERSION "v4.7.4"
#define PACKAGE_STRING "Gambit-C v4.7.4"
#define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "gambit@iro.umontreal.ca"
#define PACKAGE_URL ""

configure: exit 77

What am I doing wrong?

Steve