+
+ /* For a long time the code has dropped through to check all
+ targets if the specified target was wrong. I don't know why,
+ and I'm reluctant to change it. However, in the case of an
+ archive, it can cause problems. If the specified target does
+ not permit archives (e.g., the binary target), then we should
+ not allow some other target to recognize it as an archive, but
+ should instead allow the specified target to recognize it as an
+ object. */
+
+ if (format == bfd_archive)
+ {
+ abfd->xvec = save_targ;
+ abfd->format = bfd_unknown;
+ if (matching)
+ free (matching_vector);
+ bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
+ return false;
+ }