http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=56840
Bug #: 56840 Summary: a.out aborts instead of catching exception with -flto and -static-libstdc++ Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.8.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: w...@trash-mail.com Host: CentOS release 6.4 (Final) x86_64 GNU/Linux Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Created attachment 29804 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=29804 c++ program to demonstrate misbehavior $ c++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=c++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local64/gcc-4.8.0/libexec/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.8.0/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu Configured with: ../gcc-4.8.0/configure --prefix=/usr/local64/gcc-4.8.0 --disable-nls --enable-threads=posix --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-gold --with-plugin-ld=ld.gold --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran --with-arch-32=pentium-mmx Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8.0 (GCC) GNU C (GCC) version 4.8.0 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) compiled by GNU C version 4.8.0, GMP version 5.1.1, MPFR version 3.1.2, MPC version 1.0.1 GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.23.1 /**********************************************/ /********* otto407.c ************************/ #include <stdio.h> class MyEx { public: MyEx() {} virtual ~MyEx() {} }; int main(void) { try { throw MyEx(); } catch(MyEx&) { printf("caught MyEx\n"); } catch(...) { printf("caught ...\n"); } return 0; } /**********************************************/ $ c++ -flto otto407.c -static-libstdc++ $ ./a.out terminate called after throwing an instance of 'MyEx' terminate called recursively Aborted (core dumped) works as expected when omitting -flto or -static-libstdc++ works as expected with gcc-4.7.2 and gcc-4.5.4