I just have a system crash and reinstall Ubuntu 11.10, and my code produces this strange error.
I wrote a simple code sample to test where the problem is:
Libraries at the end:
gcc test.c -o test -lrt
From GCC Link Options:
-llibrary
-l library
Search the library named library when linking.
(The second alternative with the library as a separate argument
is only for POSIX compliance and is not recommended.)
It makes a difference where in the command you write this option;
the linker searches and processes libraries and object files in the
order they are specified.
Thus, `foo.o -lz bar.o' searches library `z' after file foo.o but
before bar.o. If bar.o refers to functions in `z', those functions
may not be loaded.