Public bug reported: As seen at https://launchpad.net/~mwhudson/+archive/ubuntu/devirt/+build/9828197, this combination fails to build:
/usr/bin/gccgo-6 -o $WORK/libgithub.com-gosexy-gettext.so -shared -nostdlib -zdefs -Wl,--whole-archive /«PKGBUILDDIR»/obj-powerpc-linux-gnu/pkg/gccgo_linux_ppc_fPIC/github.com/gosexy/libgettext.a -Wl,--no-whole-archive -shared -nostdlib -lgo -lgcc_s -lgcc -lc -Wl,-soname=libgolang-github-gosexy-gettext.so.1 -Wl,-znow -fPIC # /tmp/go-build671164651/libgithub.com-gosexy-gettext.so /«PKGBUILDDIR»/obj-powerpc-linux-gnu/pkg/gccgo_linux_ppc_fPIC/github.com/gosexy/libgettext.a: member /«PKGBUILDDIR»/obj-powerpc-linux-gnu/pkg/gccgo_linux_ppc_fPIC/github.com/gosexy/libgettext.a(_cgo_flags) in archive is not an object collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status I've reported this upstream (https://github.com/golang/go/issues/15885) and hacked up a fix while I'll attach in a moment. ** Affects: gcc-6 (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1586872 Title: gccgo: -buildmode=shared and cgo don't work together To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcc-6/+bug/1586872/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs