https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=68902
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |RESOLVED Resolution|--- |INVALID --- Comment #1 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Not a GCC bug. This is the same behavior you get with archives (static libraries) also. Also GCC does not default to --as-needed; only the modified debian/ubuntu GCC does. Also --as-needed is a linker option and not a GCC option. If you think this is a linker bug (I don't think it is), then report it to binutils instead (https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/).