PR 4453

	* format.c (bfd_check_format_matches): Don't accept archives as
	fully matching unless they have a map.

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 62d485b..85d809a 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2008-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
+       PR 4453
+       * format.c (bfd_check_format_matches): Don't accept archives as
+       fully matching unless they have a map.
+
+2008-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+
        * elflink.c (_bfd_elf_link_output_relocs): Correct error return.
 
 2008-01-21  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

diff --git a/bfd/format.c b/bfd/format.c
index cea9a23..966ff84 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/format.c
+++ b/bfd/format.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* Generic BFD support for file formats.
    Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
-   2003, 2005, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    Written by Cygnus Support.
 
    This file is part of BFD, the Binary File Descriptor library.
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
 
       temp = BFD_SEND_FMT (abfd, _bfd_check_format, (abfd));
 
-      if (temp)
+      if (temp && (abfd->format != bfd_archive || bfd_has_map (abfd)))
        {
          /* This format checks out as ok!  */
          right_targ = temp;
@@ -228,12 +228,13 @@ bfd_check_format_matches (bfd *abfd, bfd_format format, char ***matching)
            matching_vector[match_count] = temp;
          match_count++;
        }
-      else if ((err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
+      else if (temp
+              || (err = bfd_get_error ()) == bfd_error_wrong_object_format
               || err == bfd_error_file_ambiguously_recognized)
        {
-         /* An archive with objects of the wrong type, or an
-            ambiguous match.  We want this target to match if we get
-            no better matches.  */
+         /* An archive with no armap or objects of the wrong type,
+            or an ambiguous match.  We want this target to match
+            if we get no better matches.  */
          if (ar_right_targ != bfd_default_vector[0])
            ar_right_targ = *target;
          if (matching_vector)