https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66955
--- Comment #3 from Michael Goldshteyn <mgoldshteyn at comcast dot net> --- I should also mention that doing the obvious: ../configure --with-pic ... ..., does not fix this issue. You still get: libtool: link: .../gcc-7.1.0/build/./gcc/xg++ -B.../gcc-7.1.0/build/./gcc/ -nostdinc++ -nostdinc++ -I.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu -I.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/include -I.../gcc-7.1.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++ -I.../gcc-7.1.0/libstdc++-v3/include/backward -I.../gcc-7.1.0/libstdc++-v3/testsuite/util -L.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -B.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -B.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -B/tmp/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/tmp/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /tmp/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include -isystem /tmp/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/sys-include -fPIC -DPIC -shared -nostdlib /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o .../gcc-7.1.0/build/./gcc/crtbeginS.o .libs/findcomp.o .libs/libcc1.o .libs/libcp1.o .libs/names.o .libs/callbacks.o .libs/connection.o .libs/marshall.o -L.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs -L.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src -L.../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/.libs -L.../gcc-7.1.0/build/./gcc -L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu .../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.a -lm -lc -lgcc .../gcc-7.1.0/build/./gcc/crtendS.o /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc ../libiberty/pic/libiberty.a -Wl,-soname -Wl,libcc1.so.0 -Wl,-retain-symbols-file -Wl,../../libcc1/libcc1.sym -o .libs/libcc1.so.0.0.0 /usr/bin/ld: .../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.a(eh_aux_runtime.o): relocation R_X86_64_32 against `_ZNSt8bad_castD1Ev' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC .../gcc-7.1.0/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/libstdc++.a: error adding symbols: Bad value collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status (gcc-7.1.0 paths above were trimmed to make the output more concise)