http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58592
suihong.liang at gmail dot com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |UNCONFIRMED Version|4.7.3 |4.8.1 Resolution|WONTFIX |--- --- Comment #3 from suihong.liang at gmail dot com --- Looks like 4.8.1 has the same issue of linking error when "-flto -fwhole-program" is used. Detailed output is below. And The source files are from the attachment. root@sinit:linkerror/lib# make clean rm -f *.o *.so root@sinit:/media/sf_symbolic/self/linkerror/lib# make /usr/local/bin/g++ -flto -fwhole-program -Wall -Werror -pedantic -Wextra -Weffc++ -Waddress -Warray-bounds -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined -Wc++0x-compat -Wundef -std=c++0x -c -fPIC A.cpp /usr/local/bin/g++ -flto -fwhole-program -Wall -Werror -pedantic -Wextra -Weffc++ -Waddress -Warray-bounds -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined -Wc++0x-compat -Wundef -std=c++0x -shared -o libself.so A.o root@sinit:linkerror/lib# cd ../app root@sinit:linkerror/app# make clean; make rm -f *.o a.out /usr/local/bin/g++ -flto -fwhole-program -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -Weffc++ -Waddress -Warray-bounds -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined -Wc++0x-compat -Wundef -std=c++0x -c main.cpp /usr/local/bin/g++ -flto -fwhole-program -Wall -Werror -Wextra -pedantic -Weffc++ -Waddress -Warray-bounds -Wno-builtin-macro-redefined -Wc++0x-compat -Wundef -std=c++0x -o a.out main.o -L../lib -lself /tmp/cchAPumN.ltrans0.ltrans.o: In function `main': cchAPumN.ltrans0.o:(.text+0x1c): undefined reference to `A::A()' cchAPumN.ltrans0.o:(.text+0x31): undefined reference to `A::~A()' collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status make: *** [all] Error 1 root@sinit# /usr/local/bin/g++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=/usr/local/bin/g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/local/libexec/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8.1/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-linux-gnu Configured with: ../configure --disable-multilib --enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --with-cloog --enable-cloog-backend=ppl --disable-cloog-version-check --disable-ppl-version-check --disable-werror --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 4.8.1 (GCC) # uname -r 3.8.0-31-generic