* objcopy.c (copy_file): Report ambiguous bfd_object matches, and

	other object errors in preference to bfd_core errors.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 8a0da767f52bfec6dde01ccbbffe31a254a401d1..ef0f03f11a48af61bc2e9d6c334c183af59b6b14 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-10-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
+       * objcopy.c (copy_file): Report ambiguous bfd_object matches, and
+       other object errors in preference to bfd_core errors.
+
 2002-10-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
        * Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".

diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 1accad41931160dd57c2724430456a42f645a873..978e9c11604be431e6d93d1a8e6e3e67433e67ae 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1418,7 +1418,8 @@ copy_file (input_filename, output_filename, input_target, output_target)
      const char *output_target;
 {
   bfd *ibfd;
-  char **matching;
+  char **obj_matching;
+  char **core_matching;
 
   /* To allow us to do "strip *" without dying on the first
      non-object file, failures are nonfatal.  */
@@ -1441,11 +1442,10 @@ copy_file (input_filename, output_filename, input_target, output_target)
 
       copy_archive (ibfd, obfd, output_target);
     }
-  else if (bfd_check_format_matches (ibfd, bfd_object, &matching)
-          || bfd_check_format_matches (ibfd, bfd_core, &matching))
+  else if (bfd_check_format_matches (ibfd, bfd_object, &obj_matching))
     {
       bfd *obfd;
-
+    do_copy:
       /* bfd_get_target does not return the correct value until
          bfd_check_format succeeds.  */
       if (output_target == NULL)
@@ -1465,12 +1465,33 @@ copy_file (input_filename, output_filename, input_target, output_target)
     }
   else
     {
+      bfd_error_type obj_error = bfd_get_error ();
+      bfd_error_type core_error;
+      
+      if (bfd_check_format_matches (ibfd, bfd_core, &core_matching))
+       {
+         /* This probably can't happen..  */
+         if (obj_error == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
+           free (obj_matching);
+         goto do_copy;
+       }
+
+      core_error = bfd_get_error ();
+      /* Report the object error in preference to the core error.  */
+      if (obj_error != core_error)
+       bfd_set_error (obj_error);
+
       bfd_nonfatal (input_filename);
 
-      if (bfd_get_error () == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
+      if (obj_error == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
+       {
+         list_matching_formats (obj_matching);
+         free (obj_matching);
+       }
+      if (core_error == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
        {
-         list_matching_formats (matching);
-         free (matching);
+         list_matching_formats (core_matching);
+         free (core_matching);
        }
 
       status = 1;