Index: python/python-value.c
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RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/python/python-value.c,v
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -p -r1.5 python-value.c
--- python/python-value.c	28 Oct 2008 17:19:57 -0000	1.5
+++ python/python-value.c	8 Dec 2008 17:12:08 -0000
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
    can copy the values' types if needed.  This is declared
    unconditionally to reduce the number of uses of HAVE_PYTHON in the
    generic code.  */
-struct value *values_in_python;
+/* This variable is unnecessarily initialized to NULL in order to 
+   work around a linker bug on MacOS.  */
+struct value *values_in_python = NULL;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PYTHON