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-rw-r--r--gas/ChangeLog3
-rw-r--r--gas/output-file.c5
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index 4a4ec660f3..a7b174e83b 100644
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
2004-07-06 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ * output-file.c (output_file_create): Report the target format
+ chosen when bfd_openw reports that it is invalid.
+
* config/obj-coff.c (coff_pseudo_table): Only define the weak
pseudo for BFD based assemblers.
diff --git a/gas/output-file.c b/gas/output-file.c
index 4c376b4dcc..4005fbfa03 100644
--- a/gas/output-file.c
+++ b/gas/output-file.c
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ output_file_create (char *name)
else if (!(stdoutput = bfd_openw (name, TARGET_FORMAT)))
{
- as_perror (_("FATAL: can't create %s"), name);
+ if (bfd_get_error () == bfd_error_invalid_target)
+ as_perror (_("Selected target format '%s' unknown"), TARGET_FORMAT);
+ else
+ as_perror (_("FATAL: can't create %s"), name);
exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}