+#define AMBIGUOUS_MESS1 ".\nMatching formats:"
+#define AMBIGUOUS_MESS2 ".\nUse \"set gnutarget format-name\" to specify the format."
+
+const char *
+gdb_bfd_errmsg (bfd_error_type error_tag, char **matching)
+{
+ char *ret, *retp;
+ int ret_len;
+ char **p;
+
+ /* Check if errmsg just need simple return. */
+ if (error_tag != bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized || matching == NULL)
+ return bfd_errmsg (error_tag);
+
+ ret_len = strlen (bfd_errmsg (error_tag)) + strlen (AMBIGUOUS_MESS1)
+ + strlen (AMBIGUOUS_MESS2);
+ for (p = matching; *p; p++)
+ ret_len += strlen (*p) + 1;
+ ret = xmalloc (ret_len + 1);
+ retp = ret;
+ make_cleanup (xfree, ret);
+
+ strcpy (retp, bfd_errmsg (error_tag));
+ retp += strlen (retp);
+
+ strcpy (retp, AMBIGUOUS_MESS1);
+ retp += strlen (retp);
+
+ for (p = matching; *p; p++)
+ {
+ sprintf (retp, " %s", *p);
+ retp += strlen (retp);
+ }
+ xfree (matching);
+
+ strcpy (retp, AMBIGUOUS_MESS2);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+