http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52362
--- Comment #8 from Richard Guenther <rguenth at gcc dot gnu.org> 2012-05-14 11:22:45 UTC --- (In reply to comment #7) > When there are many files to link, gnatlink passes a file containing the file > names, instead of the file names directly, on the GCC link line. There is a > bad interaction with LTO: > > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> cat t.c > int main (void) { return 0; } > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> gcc/xgcc -Bgcc -c t.c -flto > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> cat FILE > INPUT (./t.o) > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> gcc/xgcc -Bgcc -o t FILE > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> ./t > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> gcc/xgcc -Bgcc -o t FILE -flto > /tmp/ccTBohVP.ltrans0.ltrans.o: In function `main': > ccTBohVP.ltrans0.o:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `main' > ./t.o:t.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here > ./t.o: In function `main': > t.c:(.text+0x0): multiple definition of `main' > ./t.o:t.c:(.text+0x0): first defined here > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status > > We should probably use a regular response file instead: > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> cat FILE2 > ./t.o > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> gcc/xgcc -Bgcc -o t -Wl,@FILE2 > -flto > eric@atlantis:~/build/gcc-4_7-branch/native32> ./t Yes, we don't "understand" linker scripts. The linker plugin would need to handle feeding additional inputs towards the link stage - and we'd need to drop the original FILE input from the final link (which is where the multiple references come from).