System: SuSE 9.2 OpenSSL openssl-0.9.7d-25.1.i586.rpm (obtained via apt-get for SuSE).
Command line: gcc -g -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -Dlinux=1 -I../../src/include -I../../lib/include -DDEBUG -O2 -Werror -c -o ../../obj/trace_tools/parsetrace/parsetrace.o parsetrace.c gcc -g -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wpointer-arith -D_GNU_SOURCE=1 -Dlinux=1 -I../../src/include -I../../lib/include -DDEBUG -O2 -Werror -o ../../bin/parsetrace ../../obj/trace_tools/parsetrace/parsetrace.o -L../../lib -Wl,-E -L/home/laur/work/source -lR -lm -lz -ldl -lncurses -lcrypto -Wl,--whole-archive,-lmylib,--no-whole-archive -lm -lz where -lmylib is a libmylib.a contining calls from libcrypto.a ld -r -o ../obj/src/lib.o --whole-archive ../bin/libmylib.a --no-whole-archive \ /usr/lib/libcrypto.a Error: `__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx' referenced in section `.text' of /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS): defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t.__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx' of /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS) Also, the binary is rendered unusable. a nm difference of libmylib.a between a libcrypto.a compiled with -mcpu=i686 and a version compiled with -mcpu=i586 (or no -mcpu for that matter) shows the presence of: XXXXXX t __i686.get_pc_thunk.bx XXXXXX t __i686.get_pc_thunk.cx in the -mcpu=i686 variant. Notes: I have played with the openSSL compilation flags and the only case where the error is present is where -mcpu=i686 flag is present (I've tried with -mcpu=pentium4 and I get the same error). -- Summary: openssl compiled with -mcpu=i686 triggers `__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx' referenced in section `.text' of /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS): defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t.__i686.get_pc_thunk.bx' of /usr/lib/libc_nonshared.a(elf-init.oS) Product: gcc Version: 3.3.4 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P1 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: laurivan at eircom dot net CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org GCC build triplet: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse- linux/3.3.4/specs GCC host triplet: SuSE 9.2, Linux gluon 2.6.8-24.11-smp #1 SMP Fri Jan 14 13:01:26 GCC target triplet: SuSE 9.2, Linux gluon 2.6.8-24.11-smp #1 SMP Fri Jan 14 13:01:26 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20503