[SLUG] Error compiling kernel

[Rod Butcher]

I'm compiling my kernel, mainly as an educational  exercise. I've 
unpacked linux-2.6.7.tar.bz2 into /usr/src/temp/linux-2.6.7  and issued 
make mrproper. So far so good.
From then on, any make commands such as make oldconfig to compile using 
previous options give the following error :-
HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
/usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--as-needed'
/usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 1
make: *** [scripts_basic] Error 2

I've done a file source seacrch and it doesn't find any files containg 
--as-needed .
????????
thanks
rod
I'm using Mandrake 10, gcc 3.4.1
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