Index: rs6000-nat.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/rs6000-nat.c,v
retrieving revision 1.70
diff -u -p -r1.70 rs6000-nat.c
--- rs6000-nat.c	11 May 2007 19:55:20 -0000	1.70
+++ rs6000-nat.c	18 May 2007 22:17:46 -0000
@@ -1016,7 +1016,9 @@ rs6000_create_inferior (char *exec_file,
 
 
 /* xcoff_relocate_symtab -      hook for symbol table relocation.
-   also reads shared libraries.  */
+   
+   This is only applicable to live processes, and is a no-op when
+   debugging a core file.  */
 
 void
 xcoff_relocate_symtab (unsigned int pid)
@@ -1028,6 +1030,9 @@ xcoff_relocate_symtab (unsigned int pid)
   int ldisize = arch64 ? sizeof (ldi->l64) : sizeof (ldi->l32);
   int size;
 
+  if (ptid_equal (inferior_ptid, null_ptid))
+    return;
+
   do
     {
       size = load_segs * ldisize;