From 957564c93015991eee194ef0769a3b64b16a2237 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 08:04:31 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * powerpc.cc (do_make_elf_object): Allow ET_EXEC files with
 --just-symbols.

---
 gold/ChangeLog  | 5 +++++
 gold/powerpc.cc | 5 ++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index 163be50a088..d812165a03e 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-09-04  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
+
+	* powerpc.cc (do_make_elf_object): Allow ET_EXEC files with
+	--just-symbols.
+
 2012-08-31  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	* powerpc.cc (Powerpc_relobj): Add and use Address typedef.
diff --git a/gold/powerpc.cc b/gold/powerpc.cc
index 147d660a6f9..f4a9385d0b7 100644
--- a/gold/powerpc.cc
+++ b/gold/powerpc.cc
@@ -1149,7 +1149,10 @@ Target_powerpc<size, big_endian>::do_make_elf_object(
     off_t offset, const elfcpp::Ehdr<size, big_endian>& ehdr)
 {
   int et = ehdr.get_e_type();
-  if (et == elfcpp::ET_REL)
+  // ET_EXEC files are valid input for --just-symbols/-R,
+  // and we treat them as relocatable objects.
+  if (et == elfcpp::ET_REL
+      || (et == elfcpp::ET_EXEC && input_file->just_symbols()))
     {
       Powerpc_relobj<size, big_endian>* obj =
 	new Powerpc_relobj<size, big_endian>(name, input_file, offset, ehdr);
-- 
2.30.2