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Description of problem:
When defining a global const variable, compiling it with g++ with optimization
and debugging turned on, unresolved symbold are generated.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3.1-0.21

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
$ cat foo.cpp
const char foo[] = "bar";
$ g++ -g -O2 -c foo.cpp
$ nm foo.o
         U .LC0


Actual Results:  An unresolved symbol.

Expected Results: No unresolved symbols.

Additional info:

Leaving out debugging info, optimization or const qualifier produces expected
result.