- entry->the_bfd = bfd_openr(attempt, entry->target);
- if (option_v == true ) {
- info("attempt to open %s %s\n", attempt,
- (entry->the_bfd == (bfd *)NULL) ? "failed" : "succeeded" );
- }
- return entry->the_bfd;
+ entry->the_bfd = bfd_openr (attempt, entry->target);
+
+ if (trace_file_tries)
+ {
+ if (entry->the_bfd == NULL)
+ info_msg (_("attempt to open %s failed\n"), attempt);
+ else
+ info_msg (_("attempt to open %s succeeded\n"), attempt);
+ }
+
+ if (entry->the_bfd == NULL)
+ {
+ if (bfd_get_error () == bfd_error_invalid_target)
+ einfo (_("%F%P: invalid BFD target `%s'\n"), entry->target);
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /* If we are searching for this file, see if the architecture is
+ compatible with the output file. If it isn't, keep searching.
+ If we can't open the file as an object file, stop the search
+ here. */
+
+ if (entry->search_dirs_flag)
+ {
+ bfd *check;
+
+ if (bfd_check_format (entry->the_bfd, bfd_archive))
+ check = bfd_openr_next_archived_file (entry->the_bfd, NULL);
+ else
+ check = entry->the_bfd;
+
+ if (! bfd_check_format (check, bfd_object))
+ return true;
+ if (bfd_arch_get_compatible (check, output_bfd) == NULL)
+ {
+ einfo (_("%P: skipping incompatible %s when searching for %s"),
+ attempt, entry->local_sym_name);
+ bfd_close (entry->the_bfd);
+ entry->the_bfd = NULL;
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return true;