https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=69357
--- Comment #2 from Richard Biener <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Btw, my thought was that it ends up like > cat t2.c int x = 1; > gcc t2.c -o libt2.so -shared -lisl -fPIC > cat t.c extern char _end[]; char *endp = _end; int main() { } > gcc -Wl,--as-needed -Wl,--no-add-needed -L. -lt2 -Bstatic t.o -Bdynamic where libt2.so might provide _end (but is not needed and not linked in the end), referenced from t.o (simulating -static-libgo). It doesn't error this way though (maybe because libt2.so itself provides _end).