Ubuntu 17.04: nvcc error "No supported gcc/g++ host compiler found"

[Mike Gresens]

Problem:
Ubuntu 17.04: Using nvcc with g++ (6.3) does not work.

Note:
Ubuntu 16.10: Using nvcc with g++ (6.2) does work.

System:
Description: Ubuntu Zesty Zapus (development branch)
Release: 17.04

Packages:
nvidia-cuda-toolkit/zesty,now 8.0.44-3 amd64
gcc-6/zesty,now 6.3.0-2ubuntu1 amd64

Versions:
nvcc: NVIDIA (R) Cuda compiler driver
Copyright (c) 2005-2016 NVIDIA Corporation
Built on Sun_Sep__4_22:14:01_CDT_2016
Cuda compilation tools, release 8.0, V8.0.44

g++ (Ubuntu 6.3.0-2ubuntu1) 6.3.0 20161229
Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

==>

    "/usr/lib/nvidia-cuda-toolkit/bin/nvcc" \
    -c \
    -ccbin=g++ \
    -std=c++11 \
    --use_fast_math \
    --default-stream=per-thread \
    --expt-extended-lambda \
    -gencode=arch=compute_60,code=\"sm_60,compute_60\" \
    -m64 \
    --compiler-options \
    -fno-strict-aliasing \
    -I/usr/local/cuda/include \
    -I/usr/local/optix/include \
    -Isource \
    -DUNIX \
    -O3 \
    -o bin/gcc-6.3.0/release/source/test.o -c source/test.cu

ERROR: No supported gcc/g++ host compiler found, but clang-3.8 is available.
       Use 'nvcc -ccbin clang-3.8' to use that instead.

[Mike Gresens (msg-72)]

According to
http://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/cuda-installation-guide-linux/#system-requirements
the nvcc does not support g++-6 at all!? :-(

After installing g++-5 by
sudo apt install g++-5
the nvcc started to work again.