seems to be a regression between 2.17 and 2.18
with binutils 2.17:
$ rm -f f
$ touch f
$ objcopy f
objcopy: error: the input file 'f' is empty
but with 2.18+ (including today's CVS HEAD), there is no output at all, just an
exit code of 1
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Summary: objcopy silently exits with empty input files
Product: binutils
Version: 2.18
Status: NEW
Severity: minor
Priority: P2
Component: binutils
AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
ReportedBy: vapier at gentoo dot org
CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10321
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