@@ -, +, @@ 
    $ ./configure LDFLAGS=-fuse-ld=gold
+checking libc path... configure: error: Unable to determine LIBC PATH (/lib64/libc.so.6")
---
 configure.ac | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/configure.ac	
+++ a/configure.ac	
@@ -345,10 +345,11 @@ try_link() {
 }
 LIBC_PATH=$(AS_IF(
 	dnl GNU linker (bfd & gold) searching for
-	dnl     "attempt to open /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../lib64/libc.so succeeded"
+	dnl (bfd)  "attempt to open /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../lib64/libc.so succeeded"
+	dnl (gold) "/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: Attempt to open /lib64/libc.so.6 succeeded"
 	dnl if log does not contain "attempt" word then it's not a GNU linker
-	[try_link -Wl,--verbose && grep -q attempt libctest.log],
-		[$AWK '/ttempt to open/ { if (($(NF-1) ~ /\/libc\.so/) && ($NF == "succeeded")) LIBC = $(NF-1); }; END {print LIBC}' libctest.log],
+	[try_link -Wl,--verbose && grep -q '[[Aa]]ttempt' libctest.log],
+		[$AWK '/[[Aa]]ttempt to open/ { if (($(NF-1) ~ /\/libc\.so/) && ($NF == "succeeded")) LIBC = $(NF-1); }; END {print LIBC}' libctest.log],
 	dnl LLVM lld searching for latest (successful) entry of
 	dnl     "ld.lld: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/8.3.0/../../../../lib64/libc.so"
 	dnl     "ld.lld: /lib64/libc.so.6"
--