* objcopy.c (copy_object): Set SEC_LINKER_CREATED when adding

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / binutils / objcopy.c

diff --git a/binutils/objcopy.c b/binutils/objcopy.c
index 5df1449dbf504da278fb3135377af899575f47aa..a9b0d3717d804c1d231eccba250c109b623bbfd2 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/objcopy.c
+++ b/binutils/objcopy.c
@@ -1608,7 +1608,12 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const bfd_arch_info_type *input_arch)
            }
          else
            {
-             padd->section = bfd_make_section_with_flags (obfd, padd->name, flags);
+             /* We use LINKER_CREATED here so that the backend hooks
+                will create any special section type information,
+                instead of presuming we know what we're doing merely
+                because we set the flags.  */
+             padd->section = bfd_make_section_with_flags
+               (obfd, padd->name, flags | SEC_LINKER_CREATED);
              if (padd->section == NULL)
                {
                  bfd_nonfatal_message (NULL, obfd, NULL,