That's the question. Basically my problem is that I am trying to compile an app for ARM with an options -fsanitize=address -static-libasan (cool thing for debugging a wrong pointers and etc.). This compiles fine directly to executable file, but doesn't work for compiling from an object files. Ofc I found that the static lib is libasan.a; anyway when I am trying to link everything from an object file, it says about a bunch of an undefined references in «pthread» and some functions whose lib-owner I didn't even managed to find.
So, I just want to compile a file with -fsanitize=address -static-libasan and see which a libraries were linked statically, so that I could later do it from an object file.
An executable stores no trace of any static libraries it pulled object files from. Mostly these libraries are explicitly specified when linking, though. The compiler only pulls in a few standard static libraries. For gcc you can see various information including the actual command line passed to the linker using the -v option (it seems some implementations want to use --verbose and for the linker -Wl,--verbose). This output should show all implicitly linked libraries like -lgcc and -lstdc++.
Note that you should link using the language specific frontend and the same compiler flags as when compiling. Your problem description sounds as if you use -pthread with g++ when compiling but you tried to link using gcc without the -pthread flags (there are a few different threading related flags; from the description it is impossible to tell which one was used).
Just to deal with the insults, here is an example output when using the -v option on my computer:
ThreadGard:stackoverflow kuehl$ cat hello.cpp
#include <iostream>
int main()
{
std::cout << "hello, world\n";
return 0;
}
ThreadGard:stackoverflow kuehl$ g++ -v -static hello.cpp
Using built-in specs.
COLLECT_GCC=g++
COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/gcc-4.9.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/lto-wrapper
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
Configured with: ../gcc-4.9.2/configure --prefix=/opt/gcc-4.9.2 --with-gmp=/opt/gcc-infrastructure --with-mpfr=/opt/gcc-infrastructure --enable-decimal-float=bid --enable-lto --enable-languages=c,c++
Thread model: posix
gcc version 4.9.2 (GCC)
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-mmacosx-version-min=10.9.4' '-v' '-static' '-mtune=core2'
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/cc1plus -quiet -v -D__STATIC__ hello.cpp -quiet -dumpbase hello.cpp -mmacosx-version-min=10.9.4 -mtune=core2 -auxbase hello -version -o /var/folders/b_/64plfvs936v5ylx36qwc8rg00000gp/T//ccrt7fXS.s
GNU C++ (GCC) version 4.9.2 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0)
compiled by GNU C version 4.9.2, GMP version 5.0.5, MPFR version 3.1.1, MPC version 1.0.1
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
ignoring nonexistent directory "/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../../x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/include"
#include "..." search starts here:
#include <...> search starts here:
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../../include/c++/4.9.2
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../../include/c++/4.9.2/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../../include/c++/4.9.2/backward
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/include
/usr/local/include
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/include
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/include-fixed
/usr/include
/System/Library/Frameworks
/Library/Frameworks
End of search list.
GNU C++ (GCC) version 4.9.2 (x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0)
compiled by GNU C version 4.9.2, GMP version 5.0.5, MPFR version 3.1.1, MPC version 1.0.1
GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072
Compiler executable checksum: fea0def5b69cf8ae349b2f1faf4b1d23
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-mmacosx-version-min=10.9.4' '-v' '-static' '-mtune=core2'
as -arch x86_64 -force_cpusubtype_ALL -static -o /var/folders/b_/64plfvs936v5ylx36qwc8rg00000gp/T//ccPF77oR.o /var/folders/b_/64plfvs936v5ylx36qwc8rg00000gp/T//ccrt7fXS.s
COMPILER_PATH=/opt/gcc-4.9.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/:/opt/gcc-4.9.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/:/opt/gcc-4.9.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/:/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/:/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/
LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/:/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../:/usr/lib/
COLLECT_GCC_OPTIONS='-mmacosx-version-min=10.9.4' '-v' '-static' '-mtune=core2'
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/libexec/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/collect2 -static -arch x86_64 -macosx_version_min 10.9.4 -weak_reference_mismatches non-weak -o a.out -lcrt0.o -L/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2 -L/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../.. /var/folders/b_/64plfvs936v5ylx36qwc8rg00000gp/T//ccPF77oR.o /opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../libstdc++.a -no_compact_unwind -no_pie -lgcc_eh -lgcc -v
collect2 version 4.9.2
/usr/bin/ld -static -arch x86_64 -macosx_version_min 10.9.4 -weak_reference_mismatches non-weak -o a.out -lcrt0.o -L/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2 -L/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../.. /var/folders/b_/64plfvs936v5ylx36qwc8rg00000gp/T//ccPF77oR.o /opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../libstdc++.a -no_compact_unwind -no_pie -lgcc_eh -lgcc -v
@(#)PROGRAM:ld PROJECT:ld64-241.9
configured to support archs: armv6 armv7 armv7s arm64 i386 x86_64 x86_64h armv6m armv7m armv7em
Library search paths:
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2
/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib
/usr/lib
/usr/local/lib
Framework search paths:
/Library/Frameworks/
/System/Library/Frameworks/
ld: library not found for -lcrt0.o
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
There are not all static libraries installed to make it actually link. However, that's besides the point as the output clearly lists the linker invocation:
/usr/bin/ld -static -arch x86_64 -macosx_version_min 10.9.4 -weak_reference_mismatches non-weak -o a.out -lcrt0.o -L/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2 -L/opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../.. /var/folders/b_/64plfvs936v5ylx36qwc8rg00000gp/T//ccPF77oR.o /opt/gcc-4.9.2/lib/gcc/x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0/4.9.2/../../../libstdc++.a -no_compact_unwind -no_pie -lgcc_eh -lgcc -v
(with some emphasis added to make it easier for readers - it seems to be necessary)