http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=55909
--- Comment #31 from philip.copeland at oracle dot com 2013-01-09 16:00:56 UTC --- Hurm,... bash-4.2# cd /tmp bash-4.2# mkdir expand bash-4.2# cd expand/ bash-4.2# rpm2cpio /builddir/build/RPMS/libstdc++-4.7.2-8.fc18.sparc64.rpm | cpio -id bash-4.2# md5sum /tmp/expand/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.17 /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 2b5b38c3e80e9739b1599df7e6ae84da /tmp/expand/usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6.0.17 2b5b38c3e80e9739b1599df7e6ae84da /lib64/libstdc++.so.6 Well,.. it's definitely the rebuilt library and --enable-initfini-array is not part of the passed options anymore, however readelf -S shows that those sections still exist [18] .init_array INIT_ARRAY 00000000001e6558 000e6558 0000000000000040 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8 [19] .fini_array FINI_ARRAY 00000000001e6598 000e6598 0000000000000008 0000000000000000 WA 0 0 8 ... [24] .plt PROGBITS 00000000001ecc00 000ecc00 0000000000005820 0000000000000020 WAX 0 0 256 are there any of the options that I used that would reenable initfini-array?