Sounds like the STL was build using -frepo
which (if I read the documentation correctly) would cause additional object files to be emitted that are then linked together by the linker.
Thanks for the link, Ark!
jb4
shrub●bish (Am., from shrub + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf. BULLSHIT