https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=77917
--- Comment #6 from PeteVine <tulipawn at gmail dot com> --- Indeed, gold is definitely a factor, but look what happens after switching back to ld.bfd on ARM: make[6]: Entering directory `/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/src' /bin/bash ../libtool --tag CXX --mode=link /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/./gcc -nostdinc++ -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/src -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -B/usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ -B/usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/ -isystem /usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/include -isystem /usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/sys-include -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,--gc-sections -std=gnu++98 -fPIC -DPIC -fno-implicit-templates -Wall -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -Wcast-qual -Wabi -fdiagnostics-show-location=once -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -frandom-seed=libstdc++.la -o libstdc++.la -version-info 6:23:0 -Wl,--version-script=libstdc++-symbols.ver -lm -rpath /usr/gcc7/lib compatibility.lo compatibility-debug_list.lo compatibility-debug_list-2.lo compatibility-c++0x.lo compatibility-atomic-c++0x.lo compatibility-thread-c++0x.lo compatibility-chrono.lo compatibility-condvar.lo ../libsupc++/libsupc++convenience.la ../src/c++98/libc++98convenience.la ../src/c++11/libc++11convenience.la libtool: link: /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/./gcc/xgcc -shared-libgcc -B/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/./gcc -nostdinc++ -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/src -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -B/usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/ -B/usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/lib/ -isystem /usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/include -isystem /usr/gcc7/arm-linux-gnueabihf/sys-include -fPIC -DPIC -D_GLIBCXX_SHARED -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/crti.o /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/./gcc/crtbeginS.o .libs/compatibility.o .libs/compatibility-debug_list.o .libs/compatibility-debug_list-2.o .libs/compatibility-c++0x.o .libs/compatibility-atomic-c++0x.o .libs/compatibility-thread-c++0x.o .libs/compatibility-chrono.o .libs/compatibility-condvar.o -Wl,--whole-archive ../libsupc++/.libs/libsupc++convenience.a ../src/c++98/.libs/libc++98convenience.a ../src/c++11/.libs/libc++11convenience.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/src -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -lm -L/home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/./gcc -L/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf -L/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf -lc -lgcc_s /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/./gcc/crtendS.o /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/crtn.o -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-z -Wl,relro -Wl,--gc-sections -Wl,--version-script=libstdc++-symbols.ver -Wl,-soname -Wl,libstdc++.so.6 -o .libs/libstdc++.so.6.0.23 /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/include/stdexcept:69:30: note: type 'struct __cow_string' should match type 'struct __cow_string' typedef basic_string<char> __cow_string; ^ /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/include/stdexcept:48:10: note: the incompatible type is defined here struct __cow_string ^ /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/include/stdexcept:69:30: note: type 'struct __cow_string' should match type 'struct __cow_string' typedef basic_string<char> __cow_string; ^ /home/guest/gcc-svn-master/build/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libstdc++-v3/include/stdexcept:48:10: note: the incompatible type is defined here struct __cow_string ^ `__gnu_end_cleanup' referenced in section `.text.__cxa_end_cleanup' of /tmp/ccKTGZUi.ltrans0.ltrans.o: defined in discarded section `.text' of eh_arm.o (symbol from plugin) collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status