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Improve error message when run on statically linked binaries

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If .dynamic, .dynstr or .interp sections aren't found, give an extra hint
to the user that the input file is statically linked.
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Tuomas Tynkkynen
2017-04-19 17:14:19 +03:00
parent e44c318b37
commit bfc3db32d2
1 changed files with 6 additions and 2 deletions
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@@ -557,8 +557,12 @@ template<ElfFileParams>
Elf_Shdr & ElfFile<ElfFileParamNames>::findSection(const SectionName & sectionName) Elf_Shdr & ElfFile<ElfFileParamNames>::findSection(const SectionName & sectionName)
{ {
Elf_Shdr * shdr = findSection2(sectionName); Elf_Shdr * shdr = findSection2(sectionName);
if (!shdr) if (!shdr) {
error("cannot find section '" + sectionName + "'"); std::string extraMsg = "";
if (sectionName == ".interp" || sectionName == ".dynamic" || sectionName == ".dynstr")
extraMsg = ". The input file is most likely statically linked";
error("cannot find section '" + sectionName + "'" + extraMsg);
}
return *shdr; return *shdr;
} }