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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2001-01-18 00:17:43 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2001-01-18 00:17:43 +0000
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Stop objcopy trying to convert endianness.
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog7
-rw-r--r--binutils/objcopy.c9
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index fe1cdd3..f86805f 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2001-01-17 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * objcopy.c (copy_object): Fail if attempting to convert the
+ endianness of the input object file.
+
+ * binutils.texi: Explain that objcopy cannot convert endianness.
+
2001-01-16 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* readelf.c (string_table_length): New variable.
diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 21f5793..cae66fc 100644
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* objcopy.c -- copy object file from input to output, optionally massaging it.
- Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000
+ Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 2001
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Binutils.
@@ -765,6 +765,13 @@ copy_object (ibfd, obfd)
long symsize;
PTR dhandle;
+ if (ibfd->xvec->byteorder != obfd->xvec->byteorder
+ && ibfd->xvec->byteorder != BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN
+ && obfd->xvec->byteorder != BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN)
+ {
+ fatal (_("Unable to change endianness of input file(s)"));
+ return;
+ }
if (!bfd_set_format (obfd, bfd_get_format (ibfd)))
RETURN_NONFATAL (bfd_get_filename (obfd));