Linker reports "multiple definition of ... first defined here"
Issue
- Linker reports "multiple definition of ... first defined here"
- Cannot compile software, with error like:
/usr/bin/ld: file1.o:(.bss+0x0): multiple definition of `symbol_name'; file2.o:(.bss+0x0): first defined here
/usr/bin/ld: file2.o: in function `main':
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- GCC (GNU C Compiler) 11 and later
- LD GNU Linker
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