Do not initialise flags in output bfd if the input bfd is the default

architecture with the default flags.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 17167b4656e..651a5ae6b8f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2000-09-08  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* elf32-arm.h (elf32_arm_merge_private_bfd_data): Do not
+	initialise flags in output bfd if the input bfd is the default
+	architecture with the default flags.
+
 2000-09-08  Kazu Hirata  <kazu@hxi.com>
 
 	* archive.c: Fix formatting.
diff --git a/bfd/elf32-arm.h b/bfd/elf32-arm.h
index f3b2a44ecbd..46f8ff62370 100644
--- a/bfd/elf32-arm.h
+++ b/bfd/elf32-arm.h
@@ -2038,13 +2038,14 @@ elf32_arm_merge_private_bfd_data (ibfd, obfd)
 
   if (!elf_flags_init (obfd))
     {
-      /* If the input is the default architecture then do not
-         bother setting the flags for the output architecture,
-         instead allow future merges to do this.  If no future
-         merges ever set these flags then they will retain their
-         unitialised values, which surprise surprise, correspond
+      /* If the input is the default architecture and had the default
+	 flags then do not bother setting the flags for the output
+	 architecture, instead allow future merges to do this.  If no
+	 future merges ever set these flags then they will retain their
+         uninitialised values, which surprise surprise, correspond
          to the default values.  */
-      if (bfd_get_arch_info (ibfd)->the_default)
+      if (bfd_get_arch_info (ibfd)->the_default
+	  && elf_elfheader (ibfd)->e_flags == 0)
 	return true;
 
       elf_flags_init (obfd) = true;