http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60348
Bug ID: 60348 Summary: -static-libstdc++ broken Product: gcc Version: 4.8.2 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libstdc++ Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: nachms+gcc at gmail dot com -static-libstdc++ does not seem to be working anymore. Consider this following test application: --------------------- #include <iostream> #include <string> int main() { std::string s; if (s.empty()) { std::cout << "String is empty!" << std::endl; } return(0); } --------------------- g++ -Wall -o test test.cpp -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ "test" here should not contain any references to libstdc++ symbols as it is being linked statically, however, "objdump -T test" contains the following: 00000000006915c0 u DO .bss 0000000000000020 Base _ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE4_Rep20_S_empty_rep_storageE 0000000000691600 u DO .bss 0000000000000020 Base _ZNSs4_Rep20_S_empty_rep_storageE These are both symbols from libstdc++ that should have been staticaly linked, yet they are now undefined, and indeed, this binary will not run on a system without a sufficiently up to date libstdc++ installed. Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.8.2-16' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --program-suffix=-4.8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libmudflap --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --enable-java-home --with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar --enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --with-arch-32=i586 --with-abi=m64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu Thread model: posix gcc version 4.8.2 (Debian 4.8.2-16) GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.24