[Bug ld/13252] New: fails to link statically with '[symbol] referenced in section [...]: defined in discarded section [...]' with g++ (Debian 4.6.1-13) 4.6.1 - with test case attached

[lkajan at rostlab dot org]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13252

             Bug #: 13252
           Summary: fails to link statically with '[symbol] referenced in
                    section [...]: defined in discarded section [...]'
                    with g++ (Debian 4.6.1-13) 4.6.1 - with test case
                    attached
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.21
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: address@hidden
        ReportedBy: address@hidden
    Classification: Unclassified


Dear Maintainer,

I have got errors of the following type at linking using binutils
2.21.53.20110922-1 when doing -static linking:


`.text._ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_17bad_function_callEED2Ev'
referenced in section
`.text._ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_17bad_function_callEED1Ev[_ZThn16_N5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_17bad_function_callEED1Ev]'
of
usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../lib/libboost_program_options-mt.a(cmdline.o):
defined in discarded section
`.text._ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_17bad_function_callEED2Ev[_ZN5boost16exception_detail19error_info_injectorINS_17bad_function_callEED5Ev]'
of
usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../lib/libboost_program_options-mt.a(cmdline.o)

Please find attached (hopefully) all libraries for recreating the bug in
'ld_testcase_for_defined_in_discarded_section_bug.tgz' (attached).

After untaring:

$ ld --build-id --no-add-needed -m elf_x86_64 --hash-style=both -static -o
pp_popcon_cnt.static x86_64-linux-gnu/crt1.o x86_64-linux-gnu/crti.o
usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/crtbeginT.o
-Lusr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1
-Lusr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../x86_64-linux-gnu
-Lusr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../../../lib -Llib/x86_64-linux-gnu
-Llib/../lib -Lusr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -Lusr/lib/../lib
-Lusr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/../../.. -z defs pp_popcon_cnt.o
-lboost_program_options-mt -lstdc++ -lm --start-group -lgcc -lgcc_eh -lc
--end-group usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6.1/crtend.o x86_64-linux-gnu/crtn.o

reproduces the error.

Linking on Debian testing with binutils version 2.21.52.20110606-2 succeeds
normally as well as on Debian stable with binutils 2.20.1-16.

Compiler: g++ (Debian 4.6.1-13) 4.6.1

-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.0.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages binutils depends on:
ii  libc6       2.13-21
ii  libgcc1     1:4.6.1-13
ii  libstdc++6  4.6.1-13
ii  zlib1g      1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3

binutils recommends no packages.

Versions of packages binutils suggests:
pn  binutils-doc  <none>

-- no debconf information

Best regards,

Laszlo Kajan

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