Can't Compile -- C compiler cannot create executables

I've had this problem for a while...I've about decided to bite the bullet and reinstall Linux, but I'm hoping that there's some way I can fix this so I can limp along until I can afford a bigger hard drive.

I'm running Debian Testing with a sprinkling of Unstable...I think I may have caused this problem by installing the wrong library package at some point.

Can anyone offer advice on how to resolve this?

[root@terrania giFT]# make
/bin/sh ./config.status --recheck
running /bin/sh ./configure --cache-file=config.cache --no-create --no-recursion
configure: loading cache config.cache
checking for a BSD-compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... (cached) yes
checking for working aclocal-1.4... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake-1.4... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking for C compiler default output... configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
make: *** [config.status] Error 77
[root@terrania giFT]#