http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53518
--- Comment #4 from gee <jojelino at gmail dot com> 2012-08-14 18:49:53 UTC --- cppcheck fails to compile because of this bug. cli/cmdlineparser.o: In function `~basic_istream': /usr/include/c++/4.8.0/istream:106: undefined reference to `construction vtable for std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >-in-std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >' /usr/include/c++/4.8.0/istream:106: undefined reference to `construction vtable for std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >-in-std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >' /usr/include/c++/4.8.0/istream:106: undefined reference to `construction vtable for std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >-in-std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >' it says that 'construction vtable for std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >-in-std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >' cannot be found, but it exists. $ nm -sn /lib/libstdc++.a |c++filt |grep "construction vtable for std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >-in-std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >" construction vtable for std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >-in-std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> > in fstream-inst.o 00000000 R construction vtable for std::basic_istream<char, std::char_traits<char> >-in-std::basic_ifstream<char, std::char_traits<char> >