Project does not build on ubuntu:18.04 docker container due to default distro flags

[pointhi]

Error-log:

configure:3405: checking for C compiler version
configure:3414: gcc --version >&5
gcc (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) 7.3.0
Copyright (C) 2017 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:3425: $? = 0
configure:3414: gcc -v >&5
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/lto-wrapper
OFFLOAD_TARGET_NAMES=nvptx-none
OFFLOAD_TARGET_DEFAULT=1
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-7/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,brig,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-7 --program-prefix=x86_64-linux-gnu- --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-vtable-verify --enable-libmpx --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib --enable-objc-gc=auto --enable-multiarch --disable-werror --with-arch-32=i686 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --enable-multilib --with-tune=generic --enable-offload-targets=nvptx-none --without-cuda-driver --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 7.3.0 (Ubuntu 7.3.0-27ubuntu1~18.04) 
configure:3425: $? = 0
configure:3414: gcc -V >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3425: $? = 1
configure:3414: gcc -qversion >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'; did you mean '--version'?
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:3425: $? = 1
configure:3445: checking whether the C compiler works
configure:3467: gcc    conftest.c  >&5
/dangsan/autosetup.dir/install/common/bin/ld: --push-state: unknown option
/dangsan/autosetup.dir/install/common/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
configure:3471: $? = 1
configure:3509: result: no
configure: failed program was:
| /* confdefs.h */
| #define PACKAGE_NAME "GNU make"
| #define PACKAGE_TARNAME "make"
| #define PACKAGE_VERSION "4.2"
| #define PACKAGE_STRING "GNU make 4.2"
| #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "[email protected]"
| #define PACKAGE_URL "http://www.gnu.org/software/make/"
| #define PACKAGE "make"
| #define VERSION "4.2"
| /* end confdefs.h.  */
| 
| int
| main ()
| {
| 
|   ;
|   return 0;
| }
configure:3514: error: in `/dangsan/autosetup.dir/packages/obj/make-4.2':
configure:3516: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details

This is caused by the default-flags which are specified in the gcc delivered with ubuntu 18.04. Reason is that ./autosetup.sh is building the project with its own (outdated) linker, but with the flags used by the distribution compiler. Solutions for this problem would be to either:

• build the project with the distro-toolchain (no custom make, ld,...)
• deliver a custom gcc which is used for building all the stuff. Do not depend on any distro binaries

$ gcc -dumpspecs
*link_command:
%{!fsyntax-only:%{!c:%{!M:%{!MM:%{!E:%{!S:    %(linker) %{!fno-use-linker-plugin:%{!fno-lto:     -plugin %(linker_plugin_file)     -plugin-opt=%(lto_wrapper)     -plugin-opt=-fresolution=%u.res     %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%:pass-through-libs(%(link_gcc_c_sequence))}}     }}%{flto|flto=*:%<fcompare-debug*}     %{flto} %{fno-lto} %{flto=*} %l %{static|shared|r:;!no-pie:-pie -z now} %{fuse-ld=*:-fuse-ld=%*}  %{gz|gz=zlib:--compress-debug-sections=zlib} %{gz=none:--compress-debug-sections=none} %{gz=zlib-gnu:--compress-debug-sections=zlib-gnu} -z relro %X %{o*} %{e*} %{N} %{n} %{r}    %{s} %{t} %{u*} %{z} %{Z} %{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%S}}     %{static|no-pie:} %{L*} %(mfwrap) %(link_libgcc) %{fvtable-verify=none:} %{fvtable-verify=std:   %e-fvtable-verify=std is not supported in this configuration} %{fvtable-verify=preinit:   %e-fvtable-verify=preinit is not supported in this configuration} %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%{%:sanitize(address):%{!shared:libasan_preinit%O%s} %{static-libasan:%{!shared:-Bstatic --whole-archive -lasan --no-whole-archive -Bdynamic}}%{!static-libasan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state} --no-as-needed -lasan %{fuse-ld=gold:--as-needed;:--pop-state}}}     %{%:sanitize(thread):%{static-libtsan:%{!shared:-Bstatic --whole-archive -ltsan --no-whole-archive -Bdynamic}}%{!static-libtsan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state} --no-as-needed -ltsan %{fuse-ld=gold:--as-needed;:--pop-state}}}     %{%:sanitize(leak):%{static-liblsan:%{!shared:-Bstatic --whole-archive -llsan --no-whole-archive -Bdynamic}}%{!static-liblsan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state} --no-as-needed -llsan %{fuse-ld=gold:--as-needed;:--pop-state}}}}} %o %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%{mmpx:%{fcheck-pointer-bounds:    %{static:--whole-archive -lmpx --no-whole-archive %:include(libmpx.spec)%(link_libmpx)}    %{!static:%{static-libmpx:-Bstatic --whole-archive}    %{!static-libmpx:--push-state --no-as-needed} -lmpx     %{!static-libmpx:--pop-state}     %{static-libmpx:--no-whole-archive -Bdynamic %:include(libmpx.spec)%(link_libmpx)}}}}%{mmpx:%{fcheck-pointer-bounds:%{!fno-chkp-use-wrappers:    %{static:-lmpxwrappers}    %{!static:%{static-libmpxwrappers:-Bstatic}    -lmpxwrappers %{static-libmpxwrappers: -Bdynamic}}}}}}} %{mmpx:%{fcheck-pointer-bounds:%{!static:%{m16|m32|mx32:;:-z bndplt }}}}     %{fopenacc|fopenmp|%:gt(%{ftree-parallelize-loops=*:%*} 1):	%:include(libgomp.spec)%(link_gomp)}    %{fcilkplus:%:include(libcilkrts.spec)%(link_cilkrts)}    %{fgnu-tm:%:include(libitm.spec)%(link_itm)}    %(mflib)  %{fsplit-stack: --wrap=pthread_create}    %{fprofile-arcs|fprofile-generate*|coverage:-lgcov} %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%{%:sanitize(address): %{static-libasan|static:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_libasan)}    %{static:%ecannot specify -static with -fsanitize=address}}    %{%:sanitize(thread): %{static-libtsan|static:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_libtsan)}    %{static:%ecannot specify -static with -fsanitize=thread}}    %{%:sanitize(undefined):%{static-libubsan:-Bstatic} %{!static-libubsan:--push-state --no-as-needed} -lubsan  %{static-libubsan:-Bdynamic} %{!static-libubsan:--pop-state} %{static-libubsan|static:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_libubsan)}}    %{%:sanitize(leak): %{static-liblsan|static:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_liblsan)}}}}     %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%(link_ssp) %(link_gcc_c_sequence)}}    %{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%E}} %{T*}  
%(post_link) }}}}}}

[NewGillig]

Could you provide the solutions in detail? I have met the same error but have no idea how to solve it.

[mrigger]

Are there any updates how DangSan could be built on Ubuntu 18.04?