This is a patch file for "binutils" 2.14.X through 2.16.X.  It was ex-
tracted from a Debian patch set, which was obtained originally from:

      http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/b/binutils/\
binutils_2.15-6.diff.gz

--- binutils-2.14.90.0.6.old/bfd/opncls.c
+++ binutils-2.14.90.0.6/bfd/opncls.c
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@
 {
   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)