gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'

[khavert]

gcc version 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-11) (GCC)
configure:2633: $? = 0
configure:2622: gcc -V >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-V'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
configure:2633: $? = 4
configure:2622: gcc -qversion >&5
gcc: error: unrecognized command line option '-qversion'
gcc: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.

[Varbin]

Please see #238.

[jiapei100]

Exactly the same ERROR here.
I'm NOW using
gcc-8.2.0 on my HOST laptop...