https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55744
Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |WAITING Last reconfirmed| |2017-07-28 CC| |egallager at gcc dot gnu.org Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Results from testing on i386-apple-darwin9.8.0 with gcc8: $ /usr/local/bin/gcc -c -fPIC -mcmodel=medium 55744.c cc1: error: code model ‘medium’ not supported in the 32 bit mode $ /usr/local/bin/gcc -c -fPIC -mcmodel=medium -m64 55744.c $ /usr/local/bin/gcc -o 55744.exe -fPIC -mcmodel=medium -m64 -Wall -Wextra 55744.c Undefined symbols: "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_", referenced from: _main in ccbh4pRB.o ld: symbol(s) not found collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status $ /usr/local/bin/gcc -o 55744.exe -fPIC -mcmodel=large -m64 -Wall -Wextra 55744.c :14:junk `@GOTOFF' after expression :18:junk `@PLTOFF' after expression $ /usr/local/bin/gcc -o 55744.exe -fPIC -mcmodel=small -m64 -Wall -Wextra 55744.c $ ./55744.exe Result: 42 $ Which is probably bug 63893 and bug 50077 in my case. Can you try again with your own target and see if it still fails in your case?