Problem with install -->php-4.0.3pl1 ld: cannot open -l-l: No such file or directory

Hello, I am trying to install php-4.0.3pl1 on RedHat Linux 5.2. I am running into the same problem accross 4 different machines. The configuration runs smoothly, considering I am configuring with the most minimum of options. ./configure --with-mysql=/usr --with-apxs But when I try to compile I get the following error: make[1]: Entering directory `/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1' /bin/sh /home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/libtool --silent --mode=link gcc -I. -I/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/ -I/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0. 3pl1 -I/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/main -I/usr/include/apache -I/home/ sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/Zend -I/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1 -I/home /sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/ext/mysql/libmysql -I/home/sachin/develop/php-4 .0.3pl1/ext/xml/expat/xmltok -I/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/ext/xml/exp at/xmlparse -I/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/TSRM -DXML_BYTE_ORDER=12 -g -O2 -o libphp4.la -rpath /home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1/libs -avoid-version stub.lo Zend/libZend.la sapi/apache/libsapi.la main/libmain.la regex/libregex.la ext/gd/libgd.la ext/mysql/libmysql.la ext/pcre/libpcre.la ext/posix/libposix.la ext/session/libsession.la ext/standard/libstandard.la ext/xml/libxml.la TSRM/libtsrm.la -lpam -ldl -lgd -lresolv -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lnsl -lresolv ld: cannot open -l-l: No such file or directory make[1]: *** [libphp4.la] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/sachin/develop/php-4.0.3pl1' make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 I have tried reinstalling ld, just to be safe but that didnt do any good. Thanks for any light you can shed on the subject. Stumped, Sachin Kundra