http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53831
--- Comment #16 from Markus Trippelsdorf <markus at trippelsdorf dot de> 2012-07-03 13:46:43 UTC --- IOW with: % cat =ar #!/bin/sh cmd=$1 shift /usr/bin/ar $cmd --plugin /usr/libexec/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.8.0/liblto_plugin.so $* I cannot reproduce the issue anymore.