I'm not sure whether this is a bug at all. You need `-dynamic` also, to

#5495: simple program fails with -shared on mac -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: mwotton | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: low | Milestone: 7.10.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.2.1 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Unknown/Multiple | Difficulty: Unknown Type of failure: Compile- | Blocked By: time crash | Related Tickets: Test Case: | Blocking: | Differential Revisions: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by thomie): Replying to [comment:9 rwbarton]: produce object files that can be linked dynamically. Yes, but igloo would know about that, so we should test if the issue from comment:3 is resolved.

Granted, the way that `-shared` and `-dynamic` interact with make mode is, at best, not obvious. See #3704, #3713 and #3712 for that.

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