https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=91664
Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |WAITING Last reconfirmed| |2019-09-05 Ever confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #2 from Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gcc dot gnu.org> --- Try this: gcc -c fmv-test.c gcc -c main.c ar cr fmv-test.a main.o fmv-test.o gcc -o fmv-test-borken fmv-test.a It might be because the way linker processes archives and most likely not a bug.