* elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Improve

error message for mixing different-endian files.  Check for ABI
compatibility of input files with the selected emulation.

bfd/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2003-05-06  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
+	* elfxx-mips.c (_bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data): Improve
+	error message for mixing different-endian files.  Check for ABI
+	compatibility of input files with the selected emulation.
+
 2003-05-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
 
 	* elf32-i386.c (allocate_dynrelocs): For undef weak syms with

bfd/elfxx-mips.c

@@ -9174,12 +9174,25 @@ _bfd_mips_elf_merge_private_bfd_data (ibfd, obfd)
 
   /* Check if we have the same endianess */
   if (! _bfd_generic_verify_endian_match (ibfd, obfd))
-    return FALSE;
+    {
+      (*_bfd_error_handler)
+	(_("%s: endianness incompatible with that of the selected emulation"),
+	 bfd_archive_filename (ibfd));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
 
   if (bfd_get_flavour (ibfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour
       || bfd_get_flavour (obfd) != bfd_target_elf_flavour)
     return TRUE;
 
+  if (strcmp (bfd_get_target (ibfd), bfd_get_target (obfd)) != 0)
+    {
+      (*_bfd_error_handler)
+	(_("%s: ABI is incompatible with that of the selected emulation"),
+	 bfd_archive_filename (ibfd));
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
   new_flags = elf_elfheader (ibfd)->e_flags;
   elf_elfheader (obfd)->e_flags |= new_flags & EF_MIPS_NOREORDER;
   old_flags = elf_elfheader (obfd)->e_flags;