$ cat x.cc #include <iostream> int main() { std::cout << "hello\n"; } $ g++ x.cc -static-libstdc++ /usr/bin/ld: a.out: No symbol version section for versioned symbol `_ZSt15future_category@@GLIBCXX_3.4.14' /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status $ ld -v GNU ld version 2.22.52.0.1-10.fc17 20120131 Gold is fine: $ sudo ln -f /bin/ld.gold /bin/ld $ g++ x.cc -static-libstdc++ $ Latest git version also: $ ld -v GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.22.52.20120324 $ g++ x.cc -static-libstdc++ $ See http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52689 for the original gcc bug.
Just thought I'd add some additional info here that I've noticed. I backported GCC 4.7.0 to both RHEL5 and 6 linuxes (read: centos 5, centos 6, fedora 16). How is along the lines of Redhat's gcc44 package (think that's the one). I got the proper patches etc from Fedora 17 srpm (of gcc 4.7.0), and used the tarball in there for the sources. Only difference that I can think of is: I built mpfr, mpc and gmp inside the gcc sources (as in I let the gcc build it for itself). Before 4.7.0 was out I also did the same with gcc 4.6.2 (didn't notice any problems there, but I maybe didn't test as much outside my normal projects, either). Maybe its a different bug, but I suspect it's completely related. Centos 5 does not have the additional ld's (as in, binutils is not the same version) and thus does not have this problem. However, the issue i noticed was the same error. Only thing is: static did work. As in, -static (did not try -static-libstdc++). It was the normal linking that failed, e.g., g++ passing to ld failed. That is, until I linked /usr/bin/ld to ld.gold (in /usr at least on fedora 16). I will be more than happy to provide any other information if you like; just let me know. Hopefully this is helpful though, because linking dynamically was the issue for me with same error, where someone else got it for static builds. I should point out that indeed I noticed it when iostream was #include'd. Indeed, the fix was to use gold instead of the default bfd.
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