https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91130
--- Comment #8 from Martin Liška <marxin at gcc dot gnu.org> --- It's not related to .d FE as it fails also with a different file name: $ echo "int main() {}" > main.c && gcc -c -flto main.c && gcc -o a.out main.o -flto -MMD -MF deps gcc: error: deps: No such file or directory lto-wrapper: fatal error: gcc returned 1 exit status compilation terminated. /usr/lib64/gcc/aarch64-suse-linux/9/../../../../aarch64-suse-linux/bin/ld: error: lto-wrapper failed collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status