Improves the warning message produyced by objdump when it cannot load a section.

	* objdump.c (dump_section): Extend the warning message displayed
	when a section cannot be loaded.

diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 20abfe6..1128b4a 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-02-24  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+       * objdump.c (dump_section): Extend the warning message displayed
+       when a section cannot be loaded.
+
 2015-02-21  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
 
        * readelf.c (process_program_headers): Add newline to warning

diff --git a/binutils/objdump.c b/binutils/objdump.c
index 98e4d86..f690293 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/objdump.c
+++ b/binutils/objdump.c
@@ -2800,7 +2800,8 @@ dump_section (bfd *abfd, asection *section, void *dummy ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 
   if (!bfd_get_full_section_contents (abfd, section, &data))
     {
-      non_fatal (_("Reading section failed"));
+      non_fatal (_("Reading section %s failed because: %s"),
+                section->name, bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
       return;
     }