[Bug binutils/829] New: Why is gcc -static required to avoid "gprof: gmon.out file is missing call-graph data" error?

[john at cs dot york dot ac dot uk]

I don't know whether this is a genuine bug, or something that the manual doesn't
explain (it doesn't) but I see:

$ gcc -pg -g -c main.c
$ gcc -o a.out main.o -pg
$ ./a.out
$ gprof
gprof: gmon.out file is missing call-graph data
$

If I then add '-static' to the second gcc, all is well. (The contents of main.c
seem to be irrelevant.)

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           Summary: Why is gcc -static required to avoid "gprof: gmon.out
                    file is missing call-graph data" error?
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.15
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: binutils
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: john at cs dot york dot ac dot uk
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org,john at cs dot york dot ac
                    dot uk


http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=829

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