I've committed the attached (this sort of late breaking news is exactly 
what PROBLEMS is for :-)

Andrew

>>Once the BFD patch is applied, what's next to fail?
> 
> 
> I think the next biggie is the unwinder. But there is also the problem
> with floats that cause GDB to SEGV. The last one is on my plate, but
> the patch could still be applied as is. It might not be perfect (we
> need to check) but at least it prevents the crash.
> 
> References:
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00288.html
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00319.html
>     http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00310.html
>