*** ../binutils-2.20.51.0.2.orig/bfd/merge.c	2010-08-20 13:23:10.000000000 +0100
--- bfd/merge.c	2010-08-20 13:28:02.000000000 +0100
*************** sec_merge_emit (bfd *abfd, struct sec_me
*** 324,329 ****
--- 324,330 ----
    /* Trailing alignment needed?  */
    off = sec->size - off;
    if (off != 0
+       && alignment_power
        && bfd_bwrite (pad, off, abfd) != off)
      goto err;