Replace assert (about endianism) with an error message

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / bfd / coff-mcore.c

diff --git a/bfd/coff-mcore.c b/bfd/coff-mcore.c
index d787096e379bf029f1e5ae017f06da2da27e1b0a..0180517eeab3dd2b229299672c2841b077ec4f90 100644 (file)
--- a/bfd/coff-mcore.c
+++ b/bfd/coff-mcore.c
@@ -357,8 +357,19 @@ coff_mcore_relocate_section (output_bfd, info, input_bfd, input_section,
   if (info->relocateable)
     return true;
   
-  BFD_ASSERT (input_bfd->xvec->byteorder
-             == output_bfd->xvec->byteorder);
+  /* Check if we have the same endianess */
+  if (   input_bfd->xvec->byteorder != output_bfd->xvec->byteorder
+      && output_bfd->xvec->byteorder != BFD_ENDIAN_UNKNOWN)
+    {
+      (*_bfd_error_handler)
+       (_("%s: compiled for a %s endian system and target is %s endian.\n"),
+        bfd_get_filename (input_bfd),
+         bfd_big_endian (input_bfd) ? "big" : "little",
+         bfd_big_endian (output_bfd) ? "big" : "little");
+
+      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_wrong_format);
+      return false;
+    }
 
   hihalf = false;
   hihalf_val = 0;