linux-x86.exp: Compile with -I../bfd

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / ld / ldfile.c

diff --git a/ld/ldfile.c b/ld/ldfile.c
index 9f0398a41e6453fc0ad2900217df342baf932f5c..d98429d7b8846f6465a33ec30db722b1c5cf6387 100644 (file)
--- a/ld/ldfile.c
+++ b/ld/ldfile.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* Linker file opening and searching.
-   Copyright (C) 1991-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1991-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of the GNU Binutils.
 
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ ldfile_try_open_bfd (const char *attempt,
            }
        }
     }
-success:
+ success:
 #ifdef ENABLE_PLUGINS
   /* If plugins are active, they get first chance to claim
      any successfully-opened input file.  We skip archives
@@ -445,6 +445,22 @@ ldfile_open_file (lang_input_statement_type *entry)
                   entry->local_sym_name, ld_sysroot);
          else
            einfo (_("%P: cannot find %s\n"), entry->local_sym_name);
+
+         /* PR 25747: Be kind to users who forgot to add the
+            "lib" prefix to their library when it was created.  */
+         for (arch = search_arch_head; arch != NULL; arch = arch->next)
+           {
+             if (ldfile_open_file_search (arch->name, entry, "", ".a"))
+               {
+                 const char * base = lbasename (entry->filename);
+
+                 einfo (_("%P: note to link with %s use -l:%s or rename it to lib%s\n"),
+                        entry->filename, base, base);
+                 bfd_close (entry->the_bfd);
+                 entry->the_bfd = NULL;
+                 break;
+               }
+           }
          entry->flags.missing_file = TRUE;
          input_flags.missing_file = TRUE;
        }