* targets.c (bfd_target_vector) [SELECT_VECS not defined]: Add

[binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / linker.c

diff --git a/bfd/linker.c b/bfd/linker.c
index 14afce6604ae93610a47328d904eb96a8dab8146..1b48f199fe3c10445487383ce603bc74fb7009ca 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/linker.c
+++ b/bfd/linker.c
@@ -2661,7 +2661,11 @@ default_indirect_link_order (output_bfd, info, output_section, link_order,
         because somebody is attempting to link together different
         types of object files.  Handling this case correctly is
         difficult, and sometimes impossible.  */
-      abort ();
+      (*_bfd_error_handler)
+       ("Attempt to do relocateable link with %s input and %s output",
+        bfd_get_target (input_bfd), bfd_get_target (output_bfd));
+      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
+      return false;
     }
 
   if (! generic_linker)