PGIv12.6 unable to compile using -Bstatic on RHEL6.2

On a RHEL 6.2 system here’s what happens.
Simple dummy code:

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	return 0;
}

PGI 10.9 works:

(35%) pgcc -V

pgcc 10.9-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp nehalem-64 
Copyright 1989-2000, The Portland Group, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 2000-2010, STMicroelectronics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
(36%) pgcc -Bstatic -o foo foo.c
(37%) ./foo

PGI 12.6 fails:

(39%) pgcc -V

pgcc 12.6-0 64-bit target on x86-64 Linux -tp sandybridge 
Copyright 1989-2000, The Portland Group, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
Copyright 2000-2012, STMicroelectronics, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.

(40%) pgcc -Bstatic -o foo foo.c
/usr/lib64/libpthread.a(libpthread.o): In function `sem_open':
(.text+0x760d): warning: the use of `mktemp' is dangerous, better use `mkstemp'
/usr/bin/ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcmp' with pointer equality in `/usr/lib64/libc.a(strcmp.o)' can not be used when making an executable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie

Hi David,

This appears to be a bug in binutils (see: 785399 – ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcmp' with pointer equality can not be used when making an executable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie and 606830 – ld: dynamic STT_GNU_IFUNC symbol `strcmp' with pointer equality can not be used when making an executable; recompile with -fPIE and relink with -pie) and it’s not yet clear to us how to effectively work around this issue. Hence, in the time being, please use the flag “-Bstatic_pgi” to statically link the PGI libraries but not the system libraries.

Thanks,
Mat