[PATCH 1/9] Improve a LD error message when linking elf32 and elf64

Palmer Dabbelt palmer@dabbelt.com
Thu Dec 15 04:24:00 GMT 2016


I recently ran into this error message and found it's not helpful: it
just tells me some temporary file can't be linked.  This slightly
improved one at least tells me it's because of an elf32/elf64 conflict.
---
 bfd/elfnn-riscv.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c b/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
index 4f11cf6..06ad4ff 100644
--- a/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
+++ b/bfd/elfnn-riscv.c
@@ -2561,8 +2561,9 @@ _bfd_riscv_elf_merge_private_bfd_data (bfd *ibfd, struct bfd_link_info *info)
   if (strcmp (bfd_get_target (ibfd), bfd_get_target (obfd)) != 0)
     {
       (*_bfd_error_handler)
-	(_("%B: ABI is incompatible with that of the selected emulation"),
-	 ibfd);
+	(_("%B: ABI is incompatible with that of the selected emulation:\n"
+           "  target emulation '%s' does not match '%s'"),
+	 ibfd, bfd_get_target (ibfd), bfd_get_target (obfd));
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-- 
2.7.3



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