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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2004-07-06 16:42:04 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2004-07-06 16:42:04 +0000
commite7bd9ea00e5f9144e69f3aeb477d4da420c281ed (patch)
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(output_file_create): Report the target format chosen when bfd_openw reports
that it is invalid.
Diffstat (limited to 'gas/output-file.c')
-rw-r--r--gas/output-file.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gas/output-file.c b/gas/output-file.c
index 4c376b4..4005fbf 100644
--- a/gas/output-file.c
+++ b/gas/output-file.c
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ output_file_create (char *name)
else if (!(stdoutput = bfd_openw (name, TARGET_FORMAT)))
{
- as_perror (_("FATAL: can't create %s"), name);
+ if (bfd_get_error () == bfd_error_invalid_target)
+ as_perror (_("Selected target format '%s' unknown"), TARGET_FORMAT);
+ else
+ as_perror (_("FATAL: can't create %s"), name);
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}