http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60348
--- Comment #2 from Nach <nachms+gcc at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to Richard Biener from comment #1) > It works for me. What does ldd test show? Do you have the static > libstdc++/libgcc installed (Debian may package those separately?) ldd test linux-gate.so.1 (0xf76ff000) libm.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0xf7676000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xf765a000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0xf74e7000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xf7700000) Recompiling with -static-libgcc added gives: 0000000000690bc0 u DO .bss 0000000000000020 Base _ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE4_Rep20_S_empty_rep_storageE 0000000000690c00 u DO .bss 0000000000000020 Base _ZNSs4_Rep20_S_empty_rep_storageE And ldd: linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffff011e000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fecae56b000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fecae1c2000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fecae8b1000) I also want to confirm that I indeed have the static libstdc++ and libgcc installed. Furthermore, I've compiled huge C++ projects which use at least a dozen std::string methods, iostream, a ton of STL, and these are the only two symbols that are missing when using -static-libstdc++. Without -static-libstdc++, a lot of other libstdc++ symbols are now present in objdump, for example: 0000000000000000 DF *UND* 0000000000000000 GLIBCXX_3.4 _ZStlsISt11char_traitsIcEERSt13basic_ostreamIcT_ES5_PKc