Commit: Extend error message when a plugin does not load.
Nick Clifton
nickc@redhat.com
Tue May 26 13:49:34 GMT 2020
Hi Guys,
I am applying the patch below to extend the error message when the BFD
library fails to load a plugin. Previously only the message provided
by the libdl library was displayed, which might not be enough for the
user to realise what was being attempted at the time.
Cheers
Nick
bfd/ChangeLog
2020-05-26 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
* plugin.c (try_load_plugin): Extend error message when a plugin
fails to open.
diff --git a/bfd/plugin.c b/bfd/plugin.c
index 9439366f4b..97f1c9c773 100644
--- a/bfd/plugin.c
+++ b/bfd/plugin.c
@@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ try_load_plugin (const char *pname,
plugin_handle = dlopen (pname, RTLD_NOW);
if (!plugin_handle)
{
- _bfd_error_handler ("%s\n", dlerror ());
+ _bfd_error_handler ("Failed to load plugin '%s', reason: %s\n",
+ pname, dlerror ());
return 0;
}
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