In my patch for mariadb, I have to set LDFLAGS to '-lgcc_s': https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-04/msg00321.html
without this, binaries are built linked with libstdc++.so, but have a not found entry for libgcc_s.so, eg: $ ldd ./build/sql/gen_lex_hash linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffcfbfea000) libpthread.so.0 => /gnu/store/wiqbxcvzj3r35hd55yxzz919b1dv1hnv-glibc-2.21/lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007ff62a182000) libstdc++.so.6 => /gnu/store/h132igxl2lkj3sbfcbknn2rd493j7d1l-gcc-4.8.4-lib/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.8.4/../../../libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007ff629e80000) libm.so.6 => /gnu/store/wiqbxcvzj3r35hd55yxzz919b1dv1hnv-glibc-2.21/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007ff629b7e000) libc.so.6 => /gnu/store/wiqbxcvzj3r35hd55yxzz919b1dv1hnv-glibc-2.21/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007ff6297de000) /gnu/store/wiqbxcvzj3r35hd55yxzz919b1dv1hnv-glibc-2.21/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007ff62a39f000) libgcc_s.so.1 => not found The link script (sql/CMakeFiles/gen_lex_hash.dir/link.txt) contains: -------------------------------------------------------------------- /gnu/store/4sqgnc9bc1kmn058yp4xnj4vpydmfzpq-gcc-4.8.4/bin/c++ -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -O3 -g -static-libgcc -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-uninitialized -DDBUG_OFF CMakeFiles/gen_lex_hash.dir/gen_lex_hash.cc.o -o gen_lex_hash -lpthread -------------------------------------------------------------------- And the build script (sql/CMakefils/gen_lex_hash.dir/flags.make): ----------------------------------------------------------------- # CMAKE generated file: DO NOT EDIT! # Generated by "Unix Makefiles" Generator, CMake Version 3.1 # compile CXX with /gnu/store/4sqgnc9bc1kmn058yp4xnj4vpydmfzpq-gcc-4.8.4/bin/c++ CXX_FLAGS = -fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -O3 -g -static-libgcc -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -Wno-uninitialized -DDBUG_OFF -I/var/tmp/nix-build-mariadb-10.0.17.drv-0/build/include -I/var/tmp/nix-build-mariadb-10.0.17.drv-0/mariadb-10.0.17/include -I/var/tmp/nix-build-mariadb-10.0.17.drv-0/mariadb-10.0.17/sql -I/var/tmp/nix-build-mariadb-10.0.17.drv-0/mariadb-10.0.17/zlib -I/var/tmp/nix-build-mariadb-10.0.17.drv-0/mariadb-10.0.17/extra/yassl/include -I/var/tmp/nix-build-mariadb-10.0.17.drv-0/mariadb-10.0.17/extra/yassl/taocrypt/include -I/var/tmp/nix-build-mariadb-10.0.17.drv-0/build/sql -DHAVE_YASSL -DYASSL_PREFIX -DHAVE_OPENSSL -DMULTI_THREADED CXX_DEFINES = -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DHAVE_EVENT_SCHEDULER -DHAVE_POOL_OF_THREADS -DMYSQL_SERVER ------------------------------------------------------------------ As Ludovic Courtès tell, '-static-libgcc' may be the issue.