https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=99896
Bug ID: 99896 Summary: g++ drops -lc Product: gcc Version: 10.2.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: driver Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org Reporter: vries at gcc dot gnu.org Target Milestone: --- [ Spinoff from gdb PR https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27681 . ] Consider the following test-case, consisting of: ... $ cat main.c #include <assert.h> #include <stddef.h> #ifndef _GNU_SOURCE #define _GNU_SOURCE #endif #include <regex.h> extern void foo (void); int main (void) { regex_t re; int res = regcomp (&re, "bla", 0); assert (res == 0); int res2 = regexec (&re, "bla", 0, NULL, 0); assert (res2 == 0); regoff_t res3 = re_search (&re, "bla", 3, 0, 3, NULL); assert (res3 == 0); foo (); return 0; } ... and: ... $ cat foo.c #include <assert.h> #include <stddef.h> #include <pcre2posix.h> extern void foo (void); void foo (void) { regex_t re; int res = pcre2_regcomp (&re, "bla", 0); assert (res == 0); int res2 = pcre2_regexec (&re, "bla", 0, NULL, 0); assert (res2 == 0); } ... We can compile with gcc and run like this: ... $ gcc main.c -lc foo.c -lpcre2-posix $ ./a.out $ ... likewise, with clang: ... $ clang main.c -lc foo.c -lpcre2-posix $ ./a.out $ ... likewise, with clang++: ... $ clang++ -x c++ main.c -lc foo.c -lpcre2-posix $ ./a.out $ ... but with g++: ... $ g++ -x c++ main.c -lc foo.c -lpcre2-posix $ ./a.out Segmentation fault (core dumped) $ ... Using -v, we can see what goes wrong. With gcc, we have: ... collect2 ... main.o -lc foo.o -lpcre2-posix ... ... With g++, we have instead: ... collect2 ... main.o foo.o -lpcre2-posix ... ... Workaround: use -Wl: ... $ g++ -x c++ main.c -Wl,-lc foo.c -lpcre2-posix $ ./a.out $ ...