PR binutils/15140

[thirdparty/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / ar.c

diff --git a/binutils/ar.c b/binutils/ar.c
index 0aa1ba3220b28683c1aab26290f3b37a3c5a2f70..c424038f78afdb5fc4277f63b0d800848d495ab7 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/ar.c
+++ b/binutils/ar.c
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /* ar.c - Archive modify and extract.
-   Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,
-   2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
-   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright 1991-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of GNU Binutils.
 
@@ -918,6 +916,25 @@ open_inarch (const char *archive_filename, const char *file)
       xexit (1);
     }
 
+  if ((operation == replace || operation == quick_append)
+      && bfd_openr_next_archived_file (arch, NULL) != NULL)
+    {
+      /* PR 15140: Catch attempts to convert a normal
+        archive into a thin archive or vice versa.  */
+      if (make_thin_archive && ! bfd_is_thin_archive (arch))
+       {
+         fatal (_("Cannot convert existing library %s to thin format"),
+                bfd_get_filename (arch));
+         goto bloser;
+       }
+      else if (! make_thin_archive && bfd_is_thin_archive (arch))
+       {
+         fatal (_("Cannot convert existing thin library %s to normal format"),
+                bfd_get_filename (arch));
+         goto bloser;
+       }
+    }  
+
   last_one = &(arch->archive_next);
   /* Read all the contents right away, regardless.  */
   for (next_one = bfd_openr_next_archived_file (arch, NULL);