bfd/ChangeLog

	* coffgen.c (make_a_section_from_file):  Set the backend long
	section names enable if long section names found on input.
	* coffcode.h:  Extend long section names documentation to match.

binutils/ChangeLog

	* objcopy.c (enum long_section_name_handling):  New enum type.
	(enum command_line_switch):  Add OPTION_LONG_SECTION_NAMES.
	(copy_options[]):  Add entry for --long-section-names option.
	(copy_usage):  Document it.
	(set_long_section_mode):  New subroutine.
	(copy_file):  Call it.
	(copy_main):  Accept OPTION_LONG_SECTION_NAMES and parse arg.
	* doc/binutils.texi:  Update objcopy documentation with details
	of new option.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/coffgen.c b/bfd/coffgen.c
index 0faaede68f..8781557e99 100644
--- a/bfd/coffgen.c
+++ b/bfd/coffgen.c
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ make_a_section_from_file (bfd *abfd,
       char *p;
       const char *strings;
 
+      /* Flag that this BFD uses long names, even though the format might
+         expect them to be off by default.  This won't directly affect the
+         format of any output BFD created from this one, but the information
+         can be used to decide what to do.  */
+      bfd_coff_set_long_section_names (abfd, TRUE);
       memcpy (buf, hdr->s_name + 1, SCNNMLEN - 1);
       buf[SCNNMLEN - 1] = '\0';
       strindex = strtol (buf, &p, 10);