https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108328
--- Comment #2 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- I think this behavior is correctly documented too: If the -v option is also specified then --help is also passed on to the various processes invoked by gcc, so that they can display the command-line options they accept. With -Wl,x you only invoke collect2(ld). That is how it has been documented too. I think just python configure is broken.