> > Joel> We wouldn't be able to use a patch like this on the 7.6 branch,
> > Joel> so for Darwin, I'd restore the xstrdup below - it would be a memory
> > Joel> leak, but better to have a leak than not having the shared library name,
> > Joel> IMO.
> > 
> > You can make it not leak by using bfd_alloc.
> 
> Neat! I will try that before I go.

Here is the patch.

gdb/ChangeLog:

        * solib-darwin.c (darwin_bfd_open): Set the filename of the
        returned bfd to a copy of PATHNAME.

Tested on x86_64-darwin, no regression. Does it look OK for the branch?

Thank you,
-- 
Joel