Static linking is broken on ia64: $ gcc -static -v hello.c Using built-in specs. Target: ia64-suse-linux Configured with: ../configure --enable-threads=posix --prefix=/usr --with-local-prefix=/usr/local --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-checking --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.2.0 --enable-ssp --disable-libssp --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo --disable-libjava-multilib --disable-ltdl-install --with-slibdir=/lib --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --with-system-libunwind --host=ia64-suse-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.2.0 20060601 (experimental) (SUSE Linux) /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/cc1 -quiet -v hello.c -quiet -dumpbase hello.c -auxbase hello -version -o /tmp/ccAc4LPK.s #include "..." search starts here: #include <...> search starts here: /usr/local/include /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/include /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/../../../../ia64-suse-linux/include /usr/include End of search list. GNU C version 4.2.0 20060601 (experimental) (SUSE Linux) (ia64-suse-linux) compiled by GNU C version 4.2.0 20060601 (experimental) (SUSE Linux). GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=30 --param ggc-min-heapsize=4096 Compiler executable checksum: a5d82c8d6aeb8d953dd6034fd4040dff /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/../../../../ia64-suse-linux/bin/as -x -o /tmp/cc8qYnOm.o /tmp/ccAc4LPK.s /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/collect2 -static /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/../../../crt1.o /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/../../../crti.o /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/crtbegin.o -L/usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0 -L/usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0 -L/usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/../../../../ia64-suse-linux/lib -L/usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/../../.. /tmp/cc8qYnOm.o --start-group -lgcc -lgcc_eh -lunwind -lc --end-group /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/crtend.o /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/../../../crtn.o /usr/lib/gcc/ia64-suse-linux/4.2.0/libgcc_eh.a(unwind-c.o): In function `__gcc_personality_v0': (.text+0x822): undefined reference to `_Unwind_GetIPInfo' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
-- Summary: [4.2 regression] undefined reference to `_Unwind_GetIPInfo' Product: gcc Version: 4.2.0 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: c AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org ReportedBy: schwab at suse dot de GCC target triplet: ia64-*-linux http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27880