$ gcc -fsanitize=undefined /dev/null
/usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--push-state--no-as-needed'
/usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
$ gcc-9 -fsanitize=undefined /dev/null
/usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--push-state--no-as-needed'
/usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
$ gcc -static-libubsan -fsanitize=undefined /dev/null
/dev/null: file not recognized: File truncated
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
$ gcc --version
gcc (Ubuntu 5.5.0-12ubuntu1~16.04) 5.5.0 20171010
Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
$ gcc-9 --version
gcc-9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-10ubuntu2~16.04) 9.3.0
Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
==========================
the issue is caused by
$ gcc -dumpspecs | grep push
%{static|static-libgcc:-lgcc -lgcc_eh}%{!static:%{!static-libgcc:%{!shared-libgcc:-lgcc --push-state --as-needed -lgcc_s --pop-state}%{shared-libgcc:-lgcc_s%{!shared: -lgcc}}}}
%{!fsyntax-only:%{!c:%{!M:%{!MM:%{!E:%{!S: %(linker) %{!fno-use-linker-plugin:%{!fno-lto: -plugin %(linker_plugin_file) -plugin-opt=%(lto_wrapper) -plugin-opt=-fresolution=%u.res %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%:pass-through-libs(%(link_gcc_c_sequence))}} }}%{flto|flto=*:%<fcompare-debug*} %{flto} %{fno-lto} %{flto=*} %l %{no-pie:} %{pie:-pie} %{fuse-ld=*:-fuse-ld=%*} %{gz*:%e-gz is not supported in this configuration} -z relro %X %{o*} %{e*} %{N} %{n} %{r} %{s} %{t} %{u*} %{z} %{Z} %{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%S}} %{!nostdlib:%{fvtable-verify=std: -lvtv -u_vtable_map_vars_start -u_vtable_map_vars_end} %{fvtable-verify=preinit: -lvtv -u_vtable_map_vars_start -u_vtable_map_vars_end}} %{static:} %{L*} %(mfwrap) %(link_libgcc) %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%{%:sanitize(address):%{!shared:libasan_preinit%O%s} %{static-libasan:%{!shared:-Bstatic --whole-archive -lasan --no-whole-archive -Bdynamic}}%{!static-libasan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state} --no-as-needed -lasan %{fuse-ld=gold:--as-needed;:--pop-state}}} %{%:sanitize(thread):%{static-libtsan:%{!shared:-Bstatic --whole-archive -ltsan --no-whole-archive -Bdynamic}}%{!static-libtsan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state} --no-as-needed -ltsan %{fuse-ld=gold:--as-needed;:--pop-state}}} %{%:sanitize(leak):%{static-liblsan:%{!shared:-Bstatic --whole-archive -llsan --no-whole-archive -Bdynamic}}%{!static-liblsan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state} --no-as-needed -llsan %{fuse-ld=gold:--as-needed;:--pop-state}}}}} %o %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%{mmpx:%{fcheck-pointer-bounds: %{static:--whole-archive -lmpx --no-whole-archive %:include(libmpx.spec)%(link_libmpx)} %{!static:%{static-libmpx:-Bstatic --whole-archive} %{!static-libmpx:--push-state --no-as-needed} -lmpx %{!static-libmpx:--pop-state} %{static-libmpx:--no-whole-archive -Bdynamic %:include(libmpx.spec)%(link_libmpx)}}}}%{mmpx:%{fcheck-pointer-bounds:%{!fno-chkp-use-wrappers: %{static:-lmpxwrappers} %{!static:%{static-libmpxwrappers:-Bstatic} -lmpxwrappers %{static-libmpxwrappers: -Bdynamic}}}}}}} %{mmpx:%{fcheck-pointer-bounds:%{!static:%:include(libmpx.spec)%(link_mpx)}}} %{fopenacc|fopenmp|ftree-parallelize-loops=*:%:include(libgomp.spec)%(link_gomp)} %{fcilkplus:%:include(libcilkrts.spec)%(link_cilkrts)} %{fgnu-tm:%:include(libitm.spec)%(link_itm)} %(mflib) %{fsplit-stack: --wrap=pthread_create} %{fprofile-arcs|fprofile-generate*|coverage:-lgcov} %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%{%:sanitize(address): %{static-libasan:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_libasan)} %{static:%ecannot specify -static with -fsanitize=address}} %{%:sanitize(thread): %{static-libtsan:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_libtsan)} %{static:%ecannot specify -static with -fsanitize=thread}} %{%:sanitize(undefined):%{static-libubsan:-Bstatic} %{!static-libubsan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state }--no-as-needed} -lubsan %{static-libubsan:-Bdynamic} %{!static-libubsan:%{fuse-ld=gold:--as-needed;:--pop-state}} %{static-libubsan:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_libubsan)}} %{%:sanitize(leak): %{static-liblsan:%:include(libsanitizer.spec)%(link_liblsan)}}}} %{!nostdlib:%{!nodefaultlibs:%(link_ssp) %(link_gcc_c_sequence)}} %{!nostdlib:%{!nostartfiles:%E}} %{T*} }}}}}}
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specifically by
%{!static-libubsan:%{!fuse-ld=gold:--push-state }--no-as-needed}
with space on wrong side of closing brace
now fixed in the PPA