Index: maint.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/maint.c,v
retrieving revision 1.68
diff -u -p -u -r1.68 maint.c
--- maint.c	30 Oct 2008 20:35:30 -0000	1.68
+++ maint.c	15 Nov 2008 15:01:17 -0000
@@ -484,9 +484,19 @@ maintenance_translate_address (char *arg
     sym = lookup_minimal_symbol_by_pc (address);
 
   if (sym)
-    printf_filtered ("%s+%s\n",
-		     SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (sym),
-		     pulongest (address - SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym)));
+    {
+      printf_filtered ("%s + %s",
+		       SYMBOL_PRINT_NAME (sym),
+		       pulongest (address - SYMBOL_VALUE_ADDRESS (sym)));
+      if ((sect = SYMBOL_OBJ_SECTION(sym)))
+	{
+	  printf_filtered (_(" in section %s"), sect->the_bfd_section->name);
+	  if (MULTI_OBJFILE_P ()
+	      && sect->objfile && sect->objfile->name)
+	    printf_filtered (_(" of %s"), sect->objfile->name);
+	}
+      printf_filtered (_("\n"));
+    }
   else if (sect)
     printf_filtered (_("no symbol at %s:0x%s\n"),
 		     sect->the_bfd_section->name, paddr (address));
Index: objfiles.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/objfiles.h,v
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -u -p -u -r1.56 objfiles.h
--- objfiles.h	1 Oct 2008 17:21:06 -0000	1.56
+++ objfiles.h	15 Nov 2008 15:01:17 -0000
@@ -583,4 +583,8 @@ extern void *objfile_data (struct objfil
    uninitialized section index. */
 #define SECT_OFF_BSS(objfile) (objfile)->sect_index_bss
 
+/* Answer whether there is more than one object file loaded.  */
+
+#define MULTI_OBJFILE_P() (object_files && object_files->next)
+
 #endif /* !defined (OBJFILES_H) */
Index: printcmd.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/printcmd.c,v
retrieving revision 1.136
diff -u -p -u -r1.136 printcmd.c
--- printcmd.c	13 Nov 2008 22:26:15 -0000	1.136
+++ printcmd.c	15 Nov 2008 15:01:17 -0000
@@ -1026,6 +1026,9 @@ sym_info (char *arg, int from_tty)
 	  printf_filtered (_("%s overlay "),
 			   section_is_mapped (osect) ? "mapped" : "unmapped");
 	printf_filtered (_("section %s"), osect->the_bfd_section->name);
+	if (MULTI_OBJFILE_P ()
+	    && osect->objfile && osect->objfile->name)
+	  printf_filtered (_(" of %s"), osect->objfile->name);
 	printf_filtered ("\n");
       }
   }
Index: doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo,v
retrieving revision 1.532
diff -u -p -u -r1.532 gdb.texinfo
--- doc/gdb.texinfo	24 Oct 2008 21:04:22 -0000	1.532
+++ doc/gdb.texinfo	15 Nov 2008 15:01:18 -0000
@@ -11866,6 +11866,16 @@ _initialize_vx + 396 in section .text
 This is the opposite of the @code{info address} command.  You can use
 it to find out the name of a variable or a function given its address.
 
+For dynamically linked executables, the name of executable or shared
+library containing the symbol is also printed:
+
+@smallexample
+(@value{GDBP}) info symbol 0x400225
+_start + 5 in section .text of /tmp/a.out
+(@value{GDBP}) info symbol 0x2aaaac2811cf
+__read_nocancel + 6 in section .text of /usr/lib64/libc.so.6
+@end smallexample
+
 @kindex whatis
 @item whatis [@var{arg}]
 Print the data type of @var{arg}, which can be either an expression or
@@ -24608,6 +24618,10 @@ the symbol's location to the specified a
 the @code{info address} command (@pxref{Symbols}), except that this
 command also allows to find symbols in other sections.
 
+If section was not specified, the section in which the symbol was found
+is also printed. For dynamically linked executables, the name of
+executable or shared library containing the symbol is printed as well.
+
 @end table
 
 The following command is useful for non-interactive invocations of