+# True if the object format is known to use RELA relocations.
+#
+proc is_rela { binary_file } {
+ global READELF
+ global READELFFLAGS
+
+ set tmpfile [file dirname $binary_file]/readelf.out
+ catch "exec $READELF $READELFFLAGS -S $binary_file > $tmpfile" got
+
+ if ![string match "" $got] then {
+ return 0
+ }
+
+ if { ![regexp "RELA" [file_contents $tmpfile]] } {
+ return 0
+ }
+
+ return 1
+}
+