diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 6dfe6ee2ec..dd2b6653dc 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+2010-10-05  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* bucomm.c (bfd_nonfatal): Flush stdout before output to stderr.
+	(bfd_nonfatal_message, report, list_matching_formats): Likewise.
+	(list_supported_targets): Tidy.
+	* objdump.c (free_only_list): Formatting.
+	(slurp_dynamic_symtab): Non-zero exit status for "not a dynamic
+	object".
+	(update_source_path): Delete redundant check for NULL filename.
+	(disassemble_bytes): Error if disassemble_fn returns a value
+	that won't increment address.
+	(disassemble_data): Don't capitalize error message.
+	(read_section_stabs): Likewise.
+	(main): Return non-zero exit status on bad options.
+
 2010-10-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
 
 	PR binutils/12088
diff --git a/binutils/bucomm.c b/binutils/bucomm.c
index e568b031ab..ccde4bc962 100644
--- a/binutils/bucomm.c
+++ b/binutils/bucomm.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* bucomm.c -- Bin Utils COMmon code.
    Copyright 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002,
-   2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
+   2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
    Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This file is part of GNU Binutils.
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ char *program_name;
 void
 bfd_nonfatal (const char *string)
 {
-  const char *errmsg = bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ());
+  const char *errmsg;
 
+  fflush (stdout);
+  errmsg = bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ());
   if (string)
     fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: %s\n", program_name, string, errmsg);
   else
@@ -78,10 +80,13 @@ bfd_nonfatal_message (const char *filename,
 		      const asection *section,
 		      const char *format, ...)
 {
-  const char *errmsg = bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ());
-  const char *section_name = NULL;
+  const char *errmsg;
+  const char *section_name;
   va_list args;
 
+  fflush (stdout);
+  errmsg = bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ());
+  section_name = NULL;
   va_start (args, format);
   fprintf (stderr, "%s", program_name);
   
@@ -116,6 +121,7 @@ bfd_fatal (const char *string)
 void
 report (const char * format, va_list args)
 {
+  fflush (stdout);
   fprintf (stderr, "%s: ", program_name);
   vfprintf (stderr, format, args);
   putc ('\n', stderr);
@@ -165,6 +171,7 @@ set_default_bfd_target (void)
 void
 list_matching_formats (char **p)
 {
+  fflush (stdout);
   fprintf (stderr, _("%s: Matching formats:"), program_name);
   while (*p)
     fprintf (stderr, " %s", *p++);
@@ -177,13 +184,14 @@ void
 list_supported_targets (const char *name, FILE *f)
 {
   int t;
-  const char **targ_names = bfd_target_list ();
+  const char **targ_names;
 
   if (name == NULL)
     fprintf (f, _("Supported targets:"));
   else
     fprintf (f, _("%s: supported targets:"), name);
 
+  targ_names = bfd_target_list ();
   for (t = 0; targ_names[t] != NULL; t++)
     fprintf (f, " %s", targ_names[t]);
   fprintf (f, "\n");
diff --git a/binutils/objdump.c b/binutils/objdump.c
index 8e7d24d290..ce87a5f36a 100644
--- a/binutils/objdump.c
+++ b/binutils/objdump.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ free_only_list (void)
     {
       if (! at_least_one_seen)
 	{
-	  non_fatal (_("Section '%s' mentioned in a -j option, but not found in any input file"),
+	  non_fatal (_("section '%s' mentioned in a -j option, "
+		       "but not found in any input file"),
 		     only->name);
 	  exit_status = 1;
 	}
@@ -555,6 +556,7 @@ slurp_dynamic_symtab (bfd *abfd)
       if (!(bfd_get_file_flags (abfd) & DYNAMIC))
 	{
 	  non_fatal (_("%s: not a dynamic object"), bfd_get_filename (abfd));
+	  exit_status = 1;
 	  dynsymcount = 0;
 	  return NULL;
 	}
@@ -1210,9 +1212,6 @@ update_source_path (const char *filename)
   const char *fname;
   int i;
 
-  if (filename == NULL)
-    return NULL;
-
   p = try_print_file_open (filename, filename);
   if (p != NULL)
     return p;
@@ -1626,10 +1625,16 @@ disassemble_bytes (struct disassemble_info * inf,
 	      inf->stream = stdout;
 	      if (insn_width == 0 && inf->bytes_per_line != 0)
 		octets_per_line = inf->bytes_per_line;
-	      if (octets < 0)
+	      if (octets < (int) opb)
 		{
 		  if (sfile.pos)
 		    printf ("%s\n", sfile.buffer);
+		  if (octets >= 0)
+		    {
+		      non_fatal (_("disassemble_fn returned length %d"),
+				 octets);
+		      exit_status = 1;
+		    }
 		  break;
 		}
 	    }
@@ -2107,7 +2112,7 @@ disassemble_data (bfd *abfd)
       const bfd_arch_info_type *inf = bfd_scan_arch (machine);
 
       if (inf == NULL)
-	fatal (_("Can't use supplied machine %s"), machine);
+	fatal (_("can't use supplied machine %s"), machine);
 
       abfd->arch_info = inf;
     }
@@ -2126,7 +2131,7 @@ disassemble_data (bfd *abfd)
   aux.disassemble_fn = disassembler (abfd);
   if (!aux.disassemble_fn)
     {
-      non_fatal (_("Can't disassemble for architecture %s\n"),
+      non_fatal (_("can't disassemble for architecture %s\n"),
 		 bfd_printable_arch_mach (bfd_get_arch (abfd), 0));
       exit_status = 1;
       return;
@@ -2396,11 +2401,11 @@ read_section_stabs (bfd *abfd, const char *sect_name, bfd_size_type *size_ptr)
 
   if (! bfd_get_section_contents (abfd, stabsect, contents, 0, size))
     {
-      non_fatal (_("Reading %s section of %s failed: %s"),
+      non_fatal (_("reading %s section of %s failed: %s"),
 		 sect_name, bfd_get_filename (abfd),
 		 bfd_errmsg (bfd_get_error ()));
-      free (contents);
       exit_status = 1;
+      free (contents);
       return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -3350,7 +3355,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	    endian = BFD_ENDIAN_LITTLE;
 	  else
 	    {
-	      non_fatal (_("unrecognized -E option"));
+	      nonfatal (_("unrecognized -E option"));
 	      usage (stderr, 1);
 	    }
 	  break;
@@ -3362,6 +3367,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	  else
 	    {
 	      non_fatal (_("unrecognized --endian type `%s'"), optarg);
+	      exit_status = 1;
 	      usage (stderr, 1);
 	    }
 	  break;