git on ancient compilers.

My hosting company is using: gcc (GCC) 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)

git is using a link parameter not available in 3.3.5

   LINK git-mktree
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-patch-id
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-peek-remote
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-receive-pack
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-send-pack
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-shell
gcc: unrecognized option `-R/home/jonsmirl1/lib'
    LINK git-show-index

jonsmirl@terra:~$ ld --version GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.18

I found this option...

# Define NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER if your gcc does not like "-R/path/lib" # that tells runtime paths to dynamic libraries; # "-Wl,-rpath=/path/lib" is used instead.