GCC not runnable on FreeBSD

I'm trying to run GCC on FreeBSD and I get this error: % gcc ar: unrecognized option `--plugin' usage: ar -d [-Tjsvz] archive file ... ar -m [-Tjsvz] archive file ... ar -m [-Tabijsvz] position archive file ... ar -p [-Tv] archive [file ...] ar -q [-TcDjsvz] archive file ... ar -r [-TcDjsuvz] archive file ... ar -r [-TabcDijsuvz] position archive file ... ar -s [-jz] archive ar -t [-Tv] archive [file ...] ar -x [-CTouv] archive [file ...] ar -V I have installed the following version of GCC using the binary pkg: % pkg info gcc gcc-4.7.3_1 Name : gcc Version : 4.7.3_1 Installed on : Wed Jun 25 15:22:58 CEST 2014 Origin : lang/gcc Architecture : freebsd:10:x86:64 Prefix : /usr/local Categories : lang java Licenses : GPLv3RLE and GPLv3 Maintainer : gerald@FreeBSD.org WWW : http://gcc.gnu.org/ Comment : GNU Compiler Collection 4.7 Options : BOOTSTRAP : off JAVA : on I have installed the port version as well with the same results. What can possibly be wrong?