Compiling a program with '-Wl,-Bstatic -lc' option is failed due to libgcc_s.so.1 or an STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol in libc.a

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

  • Compiling a program is failed with the following error.

    # gcc -Wl,-Bstatic -lc test.c
    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
    /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
    collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
    
    # gcc -Wl,-Bstatic -lc -Wl,-Bdynamic -lgcc_s test.c
    /usr/bin/ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcmp' with pointer equality in `/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.8.5/../../../../lib64/libc.a(strcmp.o)' can not be used when making an executable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie
    collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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