Error building gcc 4.8.3 from source: libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.55)

I 'm using gcc (Ubuntu 5.2.1-22ubuntu2) 5.2.1 20151010 for the compile but I have also tried gcc 4.1.2 and I get the same error.

for gcc 5.2.1

strings /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6|grep CXXABI gives

CXXABI_1.3
CXXABI_1.3.1
CXXABI_1.3.2 
CXXABI_1.3.3
CXXABI_1.3.4
CXXABI_1.3.5
CXXABI_1.3.6
CXXABI_1.3.7
CXXABI_1.3.8
CXXABI_1.3.9
CXXABI_TM_1
CXXABI_FLOAT128

For the compiler being compiled gcc 4.8.3

strings gcc-build/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.so.6|grep CXXABI

CXXABI_1.3
CXXABI_1.3.1 
CXXABI_1.3.2 
CXXABI_1.3.3
CXXABI_1.3.4
CXXABI_1.3.5
CXXABI_1.3.6
CXXABI_1.3.7
CXXABI_TM_1
CXXABI_1.3
CXXABI_1.3.2
CXXABI_1.3.6
CXXABI_1.3.1
CXXABI_1.3.5
CXXABI_1.3.4
CXXABI_TM_1
CXXABI_1.3.7
CXXABI_1.3.3

i.e no 1.3.8

prior to running configure and make I also tried:

export LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
../gcc-4.8.3/configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu
make 

Error message:

msgfmt -o fr.mo ../../../../gcc-4.8.3/libstdc++-v3/po/fr.po
msgfmt: gcc-build/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.55)
msgfmt: Makefile:460: recipe for target 'de.mo' failed

When compiling with gcc 4.1.2 I get the same error:

msgfmt -o fr.mo ../../../../libstdc++-v3/po/fr.po
gcc-build/gcc-4.8.3/build/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libicuuc.so.55)
Makefile:460: recipe for target 'de.mo' failed

When compiling with gcc 4.1.2 i did the following prior to configure and make

#where libraries i have compiled with gcc 4.1.2 are located i.e 
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/devtools/gcc-4.1.2/lib
#where libstdc++.so.6 is
export LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gcc-4.1.2/lib64

strings /opt/gcc-4.1.2/lib64/libstdc++.so.6|grep CXXABI
CXXABI_1.3
CXXABI_1.3.1
CXXABI_1.3.1
CXXABI_1.3

which makes me wonder where CXXABI_1.3.8 is coming from. I also did a 'make distclean' between changing compiler