diff -rup binutils.orig/binutils/doc/binutils.texi binutils-2.30/binutils/doc/binutils.texi

--- binutils.orig/binutils/doc/binutils.texi	2020-04-07 16:11:52.164358203 +0100

+++ binutils-2.30/binutils/doc/binutils.texi	2020-04-07 16:14:37.759171936 +0100

@@ -1586,7 +1586,9 @@ recognized names are @samp{alloc}, @samp

 for a section which does not have contents, but it is not meaningful

 to clear the @samp{contents} flag of a section which does have

 contents--just remove the section instead.  Not all flags are

-meaningful for all object file formats.

+meaningful for all object file formats.  In particular the

+@samp{share} flag is only meaningful for COFF format files and not for

+ELF format files.

 @item --add-section @var{sectionname}=@var{filename}

 Add a new section named @var{sectionname} while copying the file.  The

@@ -1637,7 +1639,8 @@ Rename a section from @var{oldname} to @

 changing the section's flags to @var{flags} in the process.  This has

 the advantage over using a linker script to perform the rename in that

 the output stays as an object file and does not become a linked

-executable.

+executable.  This option accepts the same set of flags as the

+@option{--sect-section-flags} option.

 This option is particularly helpful when the input format is binary,

 since this will always create a section called .data.  If for example,

diff -rup binutils.orig/binutils/objcopy.c binutils-2.30/binutils/objcopy.c

--- binutils.orig/binutils/objcopy.c	2020-04-07 16:11:52.177358110 +0100

+++ binutils-2.30/binutils/objcopy.c	2020-04-07 16:16:15.736470047 +0100

@@ -2514,6 +2514,23 @@ merge_gnu_build_notes (bfd *          ab

   return size;

 }

+static flagword

+check_new_section_flags (flagword flags, bfd * abfd, const char * secname)

+{

+  /* Only set the SEC_COFF_SHARED flag on COFF files.

+     The same bit value is used by ELF targets to indicate

+     compressed sections, and setting that flag here breaks

+     things.  */

+  if ((flags & SEC_COFF_SHARED)

+      && bfd_get_flavour (abfd) != bfd_target_coff_flavour)

+    {

+      non_fatal (_("%s[%s]: Note - dropping 'share' flag as output format is not COFF"),

+		 bfd_get_filename (abfd), secname);

+      flags &= ~ SEC_COFF_SHARED;

+    }

+  return flags;

+}

+

 /* Copy object file IBFD onto OBFD.

    Returns TRUE upon success, FALSE otherwise.  */

@@ -2755,7 +2772,10 @@ copy_object (bfd *ibfd, bfd *obfd, const

 	  pset = find_section_list (padd->name, FALSE,

 				    SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_FLAGS);

 	  if (pset != NULL)

-	    flags = pset->flags | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;

+	    {	      

+	      flags = pset->flags | SEC_HAS_CONTENTS;

+	      flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, padd->name);

+	    }

 	  else

 	    flags = SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_READONLY | SEC_DATA;

@@ -3867,6 +3887,7 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isecti

   flagword flags;

   const char *err;

   const char * name;

+  const char * new_name;

   char *prefix = NULL;

   bfd_boolean make_nobits;

@@ -3876,7 +3897,12 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isecti

   /* Get the, possibly new, name of the output section.  */

   name = bfd_section_name (ibfd, isection);

   flags = bfd_get_section_flags (ibfd, isection);

-  name = find_section_rename (name, &flags);

+  new_name = find_section_rename (name, &flags);

+  if (new_name != name)

+    {

+      name = new_name;

+      flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, name);

+    }

   /* Prefix sections.  */

   if ((prefix_alloc_sections_string)

@@ -3900,7 +3926,10 @@ setup_section (bfd *ibfd, sec_ptr isecti

   p = find_section_list (bfd_section_name (ibfd, isection), FALSE,

 			 SECTION_CONTEXT_SET_FLAGS);

   if (p != NULL)

-    flags = p->flags | (flags & (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC));

+    {

+      flags = p->flags | (flags & (SEC_HAS_CONTENTS | SEC_RELOC));

+      flags = check_new_section_flags (flags, obfd, bfd_section_name (ibfd, isection));

+    }

   else if (strip_symbols == STRIP_NONDEBUG

 	   && (flags & (SEC_ALLOC | SEC_GROUP)) != 0

 	   && !is_nondebug_keep_contents_section (ibfd, isection))