gdb/bfd/format.c

62 	If the BFD has been set to a specific target before the
63 	call, only the named target and format combination is
64 	checked. If the target has not been set, or has been set to
65 	<<default>>, then all the known target backends is
66 	interrogated to determine a match.  If the default target
67 	matches, it is used.  If not, exactly one target must recognize
118   const bfd_target * const *target;
134   /* Since the target type was defaulted, check them
157   /* If the target type was explicitly specified, just check that target.  */
171 	  abfd->xvec = right_targ;	/* Set the target as returned.  */
180 	 targets if the specified target was wrong.  I don't know why,
182 	 archive, it can cause problems.  If the specified target does
183 	 not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
184 	 not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
185 	 should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
186 	 object.  When I first made this change, it broke the PE target,
187 	 because the specified pei-i386 target did not recognize the
190 	 target.  */
205   for (target = bfd_target_vector; *target != NULL; target++)
210       if (*target == &binary_vec)
213       abfd->xvec = *target;	/* Change BFD's target temporarily.  */
235 	  /* If this is the default target, accept it, even if other
263 	     ambiguous match.  We want this target to match if we get
266 	    ar_right_targ = *target;
268 	    matching_vector[ar_match_index] = *target;
327       abfd->xvec = right_targ;		/* Change BFD's target permanently.  */
335   abfd->xvec = save_targ;		/* Restore original target type.  */
353 	  /* Return target names.  This is a little nasty.  Maybe we
375 	format @var{format}. If the target set in the BFD does not