https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=89096
--- Comment #27 from Andrew Paprocki <andrew at ishiboo dot com> --- 60 second reproduction steps: $ curl -O https://ftp.pcre.org/pub/pcre/pcre-8.42.tar.gz $ tar zxvf pcre-8.42.tar.gz && cd pcre-8.42 $ CC="gcc-7" \ CXX="g++-7" \ CFLAGS="-maix32 -pthread" \ CXXFLAGS="-maix32 -pthread" \ LDFLAGS="-Wl,-bsvr4" \ ./configure && make -j It will fail: ld: 0711-308 SEVERE ERROR: Object pcre_stringpiece_unittest-pcre_stringpiece_unittest.o, csect <_pcrestringpieceunittest.ro_> The csect is part of the .text section. ld: 0711-308 SEVERE ERROR: Object pcre_scanner_unittest-pcre_scanner_unittest.o, csect <_pcrescannerunittest.ro_> The csect is part of the .text section. collect2: error: ld returned 12 exit status collect2: error: ld returned 12 exit status ld: 0711-308 SEVERE ERROR: Object pcrecpp_unittest-pcrecpp_unittest.o, csect <_pcrecppunittest.ro_> The csect is part of the .text section. collect2: error: ld returned 12 exit status
