* elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Preserve and clear abfd section

 	information.  Restore at error.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 737df3c0be2768fff6188708feeaeea9aa5e417c..0103b1da88d74eff950c38e90ce2664124f2cfb1 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2000-09-26  Hans-Peter Nilsson  <hp@axis.com>
+
+       * elfcode.h (elf_object_p): Preserve and clear abfd section
+       information.  Restore at error.
+
 2000-09-26  Paul Sokolovsky  <Paul.Sokolovsky@technologist.com>
 
        * peigen.c (_bfd_pei_swap_aouthdr_in): If some DataDirectory

diff --git a/bfd/elfcode.h b/bfd/elfcode.h
index 92bb3367e5647a4c0ce41a96189da0274935423a..b94f74be68b10b62d6eb15a21709a7b4d6908bfd 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/elfcode.h
+++ b/bfd/elfcode.h
@@ -500,9 +500,16 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
   char *shstrtab;              /* Internal copy of section header stringtab */
   struct elf_backend_data *ebd;
   struct elf_obj_tdata *preserved_tdata = elf_tdata (abfd);
+  struct sec *preserved_sections = abfd->sections;
+  unsigned int preserved_section_count = abfd->section_count;
   struct elf_obj_tdata *new_tdata = NULL;
   asection *s;
 
+  /* Clear section information, since there might be a recognized bfd that
+     we now check if we can replace, and we don't want to append to it.  */
+  abfd->sections = NULL;
+  abfd->section_count = 0;
+
   /* Read in the ELF header in external format.  */
 
   if (bfd_read ((PTR) & x_ehdr, sizeof (x_ehdr), 1, abfd) != sizeof (x_ehdr))
@@ -745,6 +752,8 @@ elf_object_p (abfd)
   if (new_tdata != NULL)
     bfd_release (abfd, new_tdata);
   elf_tdata (abfd) = preserved_tdata;
+  abfd->sections = preserved_sections;
+  abfd->section_count = preserved_section_count;
   return (NULL);
 }
 \f