*** ../binutils-2.24.orig/bfd/compress.c	2014-04-28 16:35:20.429816317 +0100

--- bfd/compress.c	2014-04-28 16:36:06.450963028 +0100

***************

*** 25,30 ****

--- 25,31 ----

  #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_H

  #include <zlib.h>

  #endif

+ #include "safe-ctype.h"

  #ifdef HAVE_ZLIB_H

  static bfd_boolean

*************** bfd_is_section_compressed (bfd *abfd, se

*** 304,309 ****

--- 305,319 ----

    compressed = (bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, sec, compressed_buffer, 0, 12)

  		&& CONST_STRNEQ ((char*) compressed_buffer, "ZLIB"));

+   /* Check for the pathalogical case of a debug string section that

+      contains the string ZLIB.... as the first entry.  We assume that

+      no uncompressed .debug_str section would ever be big enough to

+      have the first byte of its (big-endian) size be non-zero.  */

+   if (compressed

+       && strcmp (sec->name, ".debug_str") == 0

+       && ISPRINT (compressed_buffer[4]))

+     compressed = FALSE;

+ 

    /* Restore compress_status.  */

    sec->compress_status = saved;

    return compressed;