$ ../binutils-2.19/configure --target=$TARGET --prefix=$PREFIX --disable-nls
checking build system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking host system type... i686-pc-cygwin
checking target system type... i586-pc-elf
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether ln works... no, using cp
checking whether ln -s works... yes
checking to see if cat works as expected... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... configure: error: in `/usr/src/build-binutils':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.