Temporary header file '/tmp/WbeF5BDkdv/dump1.h' with the following content will be compiled to create GCC translation unit dump: // add defines #define __STDC_VERSION__ 201710L #define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64 #define _GXX_NULLPTR_T #define CLUTTER_ENABLE_COMPOSITOR_API 1 #define _REGEX_NELTS(n) #define _Atomic #define PACKED #ifdef __cplusplus // C17 compat layer #define _Alignof(type) alignof(type) #endif #define getaddrinfo_a(a,b,c,d) // add includes #include "/usr/include/parmetis/parmetis.h" // add namespaces namespace MPI{typedef int tmp_add_type_1;} MPI::tmp_add_type_1 tmp_add_func_1(){return 0;}; // add classes _G_fpos64_t* tmp_add_class_0; _G_fpos_t* tmp_add_class_1; _IO_cookie_io_functions_t* tmp_add_class_2; ompi_status_public_t* tmp_add_class_3; The GCC parameters: gcc -fdump-lang-raw -fkeep-inline-functions -c -x c++ -fpermissive -w "/tmp/WbeF5BDkdv/dump1.h" -I/usr/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf/mpi -I/usr/include/arm-linux-gnueabihf/mpi/openmpi