[Bug libstdc++/60348] New: -static-libstdc++ broken

[nachms+gcc at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60348

            Bug ID: 60348
           Summary: -static-libstdc++ broken
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.8.2
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: libstdc++
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: nachms+gcc at gmail dot com

-static-libstdc++ does not seem to be working anymore.
Consider this following test application:

---------------------
#include <iostream>
#include <string>

int main()
{
  std::string s;
  if (s.empty()) { std::cout << "String is empty!" << std::endl; }
  return(0);
}
---------------------
g++ -Wall -o test test.cpp -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++

"test" here should not contain any references to libstdc++ symbols as it is
being linked statically, however, "objdump -T test" contains the following:
00000000006915c0 u    DO .bss   0000000000000020  Base       
_ZNSbIwSt11char_traitsIwESaIwEE4_Rep20_S_empty_rep_storageE
0000000000691600 u    DO .bss   0000000000000020  Base       
_ZNSs4_Rep20_S_empty_rep_storageE

These are both symbols from libstdc++ that should have been staticaly linked,
yet they are now undefined, and indeed, this binary will not run on a system
without a sufficiently up to date libstdc++ installed.



Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=gcc
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-linux-gnu
Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 4.8.2-16'
--with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-4.8/README.Bugs
--enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr
--program-suffix=-4.8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id
--libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix
--with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.8 --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls
--with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug
--enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libmudflap
--enable-plugin --with-system-zlib --disable-browser-plugin
--enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-gtk-cairo
--with-java-home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64/jre --enable-java-home
--with-jvm-root-dir=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64
--with-jvm-jar-dir=/usr/lib/jvm-exports/java-1.5.0-gcj-4.8-amd64
--with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-ecj-jar=/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.jar
--enable-objc-gc --enable-multiarch --with-arch-32=i586 --with-abi=m64
--with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic --enable-checking=release
--build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.8.2 (Debian 4.8.2-16)

GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.24