/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s

[Benjamin Drung]

I tried to compile a simple hello world go application, but it fails to link:

$ gccgo -o Go hello-world.go
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc_s
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I found /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/libgcc_s.so shipped by gcc-4.6, but gccgo is based on GCC 4.7 and there is no gcc-4.7 in Ubuntu 12.04 (precise).

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

Here's hello-world.go.

[Benjamin Drung (bdrung)]

gccgo-4.7 4.7.0-0ubuntu3 still has this problem.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

expected. gccgo-4.7 only comes with the static runtime libraries, so please use -static-libgcc

[Matt Joiner (anacrolix)]

This can be passed via `go build -compiler gccgo -gccgoflags '-static-libgcc'`, see http://stackoverflow.com/a/10597279/149482.

[Xan (dxpublica)]

@Matthias:
Does we can put -static-libgcc as "default" when we call gccgo?

[shawnlandden (shawnlandden)]

why does debian unstable gccgo work?

[hdante (hdante)]

Then make gccgo come with dynamic libraries.

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

gccgo is built without restrictions in quantal. closing the issue. I'll eventually update the ubuntu-toolchain-r PPA with a 4.7.2 gcc-4.7 build too.