[Bug other/58900] New: parsing bug: undefined reference for libraries, specified before source files

[Bug other/58900] New: parsing bug: undefined reference for libraries, specified before source files

[nick87720z at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58900

            Bug ID: 58900
           Summary: parsing bug: undefined reference for libraries,
                    specified before source files
           Product: gcc
           Version: 4.8.0
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: major
          Priority: P3
         Component: other
          Assignee: unassigned at gcc dot gnu.org
          Reporter: nick87720z at gmail dot com

Just an example. I have simple hand-written makefile, which builds executable
with one line. These commands will fail:
$ gcc ${common_flags} ${GTK_FLAGS} -o file_loader file_loader.c
file_loader_callbacks.c
$ gcc -o file_loader ${common_flags} ${GTK_FLAGS} file_loader.c
file_loader_callbacks.c

And only this works:
$ gcc -o file_loader file_loader.c file_loader_callbacks.c ${common_flags}
${GTK_FLAGS}

Strongest trick is that it breaks automatic rules from working (when you just
specify standard things like CC,CFLAGS,LDFLAGS and specify targets with
requirements, not specifying exact commands for each target).

Versions.
OS - ubuntu 12.04. Specified version is gcc-4.8 (Ubuntu 4.8.1-2ubuntu1~12.04)
4.8.1. But it also happens with
* gcc-4.6 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.4-1ubuntu1~12.04) 4.6.4
* gcc-4.7 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.3-2ubuntu1~12.04) 4.7.3 (this i have set default
for now)

[Bug other/58900] parsing bug: undefined reference for libraries, specified before source files

[nick87720z at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58900

--- Comment #1 from nick87720z at gmail dot com ---
Posting exact makefile, which leads to this error:

/======== Makefile =======\
include_flags = "../misc"
common_flags = -O0 -g3 -ggdb3 -std=gnu99 -I${include_flags}

CFLAGS = ${common_flags} `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`
LDFLAGS = ${common_flags} `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`

all: file_loader

file_loader: file_loader.c file_loader_callbacks.c
\======== Makefile =======/

$ make
cc -O0 -g3 -ggdb3 -std=gnu99 -I `pkg-config --cflags gtk+-2.0`  -O0 -g3 -ggdb3
-std=gnu99 -I `pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0`  file_loader.c
file_loader_callbacks.c   -o file_loader
/tmp/cchQVCEN.o: In function `setup_menu':
/home/nick87720z/dev/lfhde/file_loader.c:15: undefined reference to
`gtk_menu_shell_get_type'
/home/nick87720z/dev/lfhde/file_loader.c:15: undefined reference to
`gtk_menu_bar_new'
/home/nick87720z/dev/lfhde/file_loader.c:15: undefined reference to
`g_type_check_instance_cast'
................................................................everything from
gtk2-related stuff

[Bug other/58900] parsing bug: undefined reference for libraries, specified before source files

[nick87720z at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58900

--- Comment #2 from nick87720z at gmail dot com ---
Changing file_loader dependencies to object files doesn't solve problem. After
two successful compilation commands final gcc command, linking executable,
gives same error.

[Bug other/58900] parsing bug: undefined reference for libraries, specified before source files

[nick87720z at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58900

--- Comment #3 from nick87720z at gmail dot com ---
Looks like i just did not get something from gcc info book. After short search
for topics about gcc for possible describing of such error i found one
(russian), explicating it by feature to specify some libraries only for some
object/source files, specified for linker (or gcc command with same effect):
http://pyviy.blogspot.ru/2010/12/gcc.html

I got totally >3 topics, dedicated to gcc compilation process, from search (not
google - nigma), but only this describes, what happens in such case.

So, is it make's issue? (GNU Make 3.81)
I'm in a maze.

[Bug other/58900] parsing bug: undefined reference for libraries, specified before source files

[nick87720z at gmail dot com]

http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=58900

nick87720z at gmail dot com changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |INVALID

--- Comment #4 from nick87720z at gmail dot com ---
Finally found it in info book, in description for -l option. Sorry for wasting
your time.