- if (bfd_close (stdoutput) == 0)
- {
- bfd_perror (filename);
- as_perror (_("FATAL: can't close %s\n"), filename);
- exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
- }
- stdoutput = NULL; /* Trust nobody! */
+ if (!flag_always_generate_output && had_errors ())
+ res = bfd_cache_close_all ();
+ else
+ res = bfd_close (stdoutput);
+
+ /* Prevent an infinite loop - if the close failed we will call as_fatal
+ which will call xexit() which may call this function again... */
+ stdoutput = NULL;
+
+ if (! res)
+ as_fatal (_("can't close %s: %s"), filename,
+ bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));