+/* Determine if a bfd is a debuginfo file. Unfortunately there
+ is no defined method for detecting such files, so we have to
+ use heuristics instead. */
+
+bfd_boolean
+is_debuginfo_file (bfd *abfd)
+{
+ if (abfd == NULL || bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
+ return FALSE;
+
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr **start_headers = elf_elfsections (abfd);
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr **end_headers = start_headers + elf_numsections (abfd);
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr **headerp;
+
+ for (headerp = start_headers; headerp < end_headers; headerp ++)
+ {
+ Elf_Internal_Shdr *header = * headerp;
+
+ /* Debuginfo files do not have any allocated SHT_PROGBITS sections.
+ The only allocated sections are SHT_NOBITS or SHT_NOTES. */
+ if ((header->sh_flags & SHF_ALLOC) == SHF_ALLOC
+ && header->sh_type != SHT_NOBITS
+ && header->sh_type != SHT_NOTE)
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
+