diff -rupN --no-dereference binutils-2.42/gold/dwp.cc binutils-2.42-new/gold/dwp.cc
--- binutils-2.42/gold/dwp.cc	2024-01-29 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ binutils-2.42-new/gold/dwp.cc	2024-02-18 23:54:54.025152107 +0100
@@ -2418,6 +2418,8 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
     {
       Dwo_file exe_file(exe_filename);
       exe_file.read_executable(&files);
+      if (files.empty())
+        gold_fatal(_("Could not find any dwo links in specified EXE"));
     }
 
   // Add any additional files listed on command line.