diff -r 000000000000 -r 249c47587aa4 patches/binutils/2.17/300-006_better_file_error.patch
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/patches/binutils/2.17/300-006_better_file_error.patch	Tue May 01 16:33:17 2007 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+diff -dur binutils-2.17.old/bfd/opncls.c binutils-2.17/bfd/opncls.c
+--- binutils-2.17.old/bfd/opncls.c	2006-03-16 13:20:16.000000000 +0100
++++ binutils-2.17/bfd/opncls.c	2007-05-01 18:26:11.000000000 +0200
+@@ -158,6 +158,13 @@
+ {
+   bfd *nbfd;
+   const bfd_target *target_vec;
++  struct stat s;
++
++  if (stat (filename, &s) == 0)
++    if (S_ISDIR(s.st_mode)) {
++      bfd_set_error (bfd_error_file_not_recognized);
++      return NULL;
++    }
+ 
+   nbfd = _bfd_new_bfd ();
+   if (nbfd == NULL)