root@ph-macintosh-linux:~/binutils-build# ../binutils-2.17/configure --target=arm-elf --prefix=/usr/local --enable-interwork --enable-multilib --disable-werror
loading cache ./config.cache
checking host system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking target system type... arm-unknown-elf
checking build system type... i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... yes
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables.