binutils/bfd/format.c

64 	If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
65 	call, only the named target and format combination is
66 	checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
67 	<<default>>, then all the known target backends is
68 	interrogated to determine a match.  If the default target
69 	matches, it is used.  If not, exactly one target must recognize
120   const bfd_target * const *target;
136   /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
159   /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target.  */
173 	  abfd->xvec = right_targ;	/* Set the target as returned.  */
190 	 targets if the specified target was wrong.  I don't know why,
192 	 archive, it can cause problems.  If the specified target does
193 	 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
194 	 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
195 	 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
196 	 object.  When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
197 	 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
200 	 target.  */
215   for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
220       /* Don't check the default target twice.  */
221       if (*target == &binary_vec
222 	  || (!abfd->target_defaulted && *target == save_targ))
225       abfd->xvec = *target;	/* Change BFD's target temporarily.  */
247 	  /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
265 	     ambiguous match.  We want this target to match if we get
268 	    ar_right_targ = *target;
270 	    matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
329       abfd->xvec = right_targ;		/* Change BFD's target permanently.  */
345   abfd->xvec = save_targ;		/* Restore original target type.  */
363 	  /* Return target names.  This is a little nasty.  Maybe we
385 	format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not