It broke when ld.lld became the default powerpc linker. USE_LLD = No is the same workaround as in gcc 8. Add a comment to both 8 and 11, # powerpc lld can't link C++ code from gcc, "ld: error: relocation # refers to a discarded section:" .data.rel.ro.* or # .sdata.DW.ref.__gxx_personality_v0 USE_LLD = No ok pascal@ (maintainer)