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Re: PATCH: Warn alternate ELF machine code

Hi H.J.,

This patch adds an option, --warn-alternate-em, to issue a warning if
an object has alternate ELF machine code.

What is the motivation for this feature ?

+    info->callbacks->einfo
+      (_("%P: warning: alternate ELF machine code (%d): %B\n"),
+       ehdr->e_machine, abfd);

I think that the warning should be slightly more verbose. Something like:

warning: alternate ELF machine code found (%d) in %B, expecting %d

Cheers
  Nick

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