Compile fails under Xcode 2.5 and Mac OS X 10.4.11

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. ./Configure
2.
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What do you see?
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: C 
compiler cannot create executables

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Xcode 2.5, Mac OS X 10.4.11

Please provide any additional information below.

uname -m = Power Macintosh
uname -r = 8.11.0
uname -s = Darwin
uname -v = Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; 
root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC

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

/bin/arch              = unknown
/usr/bin/arch -k       = unknown
/usr/convex/getsysinfo = unknown
hostinfo               = Mach kernel version:
     Darwin Kernel Version 8.11.0: Wed Oct 10 18:26:00 PDT 2007; root:xnu-792.24.17~1/RELEASE_PPC
Kernel configured for a single processor only.
1 processor is physically available.
Processor type: ppc7450 (PowerPC 7450)
Processor active: 0
Primary memory available: 1.00 gigabytes
Default processor set: 62 tasks, 204 threads, 1 processors
Load average: 1.56, Mach factor: 0.43
/bin/machine           = unknown
/usr/bin/oslevel       = unknown
/bin/universe          = unknown

PATH: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/Current/bin
PATH: /opt/local/bin
PATH: /opt/local/sbin
PATH: /bin
PATH: /sbin
PATH: /usr/bin
PATH: /usr/sbin
PATH: /usr/local/bin


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

configure:1429: checking for gcc
configure:1445: found /usr/bin/gcc
configure:1455: result: gcc
configure:1699: checking for C compiler version
configure:1702: gcc --version </dev/null >&5
gcc (GCC) 3.1 20020420 (prerelease)
Copyright (C) 2002 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:1705: $? = 0
configure:1707: gcc -v </dev/null >&5
Reading specs from /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.1/specs
Thread model: posix
Apple Computer, Inc. GCC version 1175, based on gcc version 3.1 20020420 
(prerelease)
configure:1710: $? = 0
configure:1712: gcc -V </dev/null >&5
gcc: argument to `-V' is missing
configure:1715: $? = 1
configure:1738: checking for C compiler default output file name
configure:1741: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
ld: can't locate file for: -lcrt1.o
configure:1744: $? = 1
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h.  */
| 
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "Xar"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "xar"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "1.5.2"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "Xar 1.5.2"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "[email protected]"
| /* end confdefs.h.  */

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 12 Oct 2010 at 8:00