gcc_env = get_gcc_compiler(environ_cp)
    if gcc_env is not None:

      # Use gold linker if 'gcc' and if 'ppc64le'
      write_to_bazelrc('build --linkopt="-fuse-ld=gold"')

      # Get the linker version
      ld_version = run_shell([gcc_env, '-Wl,-version']).split()

      ld_version_int = convert_version_to_int(ld_version[3])
      if ld_version_int is None: