diff -ur gdb-5.2.1/gdb/objfiles.c gdb-5.2.1.separate_debug_symbols/gdb/objfiles.c
--- gdb-5.2.1/gdb/objfiles.c	Thu Dec  6 21:59:11 2001
+++ gdb-5.2.1.separate_debug_symbols/gdb/objfiles.c	Tue Aug 20 15:32:15 2002
@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@
 void
 free_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
 {
+  if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile)
+    {
+      free_objfile (objfile->separate_debug_objfile);
+    }
+  
   /* First do any symbol file specific actions required when we are
      finished with a particular symbol file.  Note that if the objfile
      is using reusable symbol information (via mmalloc) then each of
Only in gdb-5.2.1.separate_debug_symbols/gdb: objfiles.c~
diff -ur gdb-5.2.1/gdb/objfiles.h gdb-5.2.1.separate_debug_symbols/gdb/objfiles.h
--- gdb-5.2.1/gdb/objfiles.h	Sat Jun 29 00:05:47 2002
+++ gdb-5.2.1.separate_debug_symbols/gdb/objfiles.h	Tue Aug 20 15:15:56 2002
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@
     ExportEntry *export_list;
     int export_list_size;
 
+    struct objfile *separate_debug_objfile;
+    
     /* Place to stash various statistics about this objfile */
       OBJSTATS;
   };
diff -ur gdb-5.2.1/gdb/symfile.c gdb-5.2.1.separate_debug_symbols/gdb/symfile.c
--- gdb-5.2.1/gdb/symfile.c	Sat Jun 22 18:49:33 2002
+++ gdb-5.2.1.separate_debug_symbols/gdb/symfile.c	Tue Aug 20 16:15:33 2002
@@ -837,6 +837,7 @@
   struct objfile *objfile;
   struct partial_symtab *psymtab;
   bfd *abfd;
+  asection *sect = NULL;
 
   /* Open a bfd for the file, and give user a chance to burp if we'd be
      interactively wiping out any existing symbols.  */
@@ -926,6 +927,42 @@
   if (target_new_objfile_hook)
     target_new_objfile_hook (objfile);
 
+  
+  sect = bfd_get_section_by_name (objfile->obfd, ".debuglink");
+  if (sect)
+    {
+      bfd_size_type size = bfd_section_size (objfile->obfd, sect);
+      char *debuglink;
+      char *dir;
+      char *debugfile;
+      char *name_copy;
+      char *p;
+      
+      debuglink = alloca (size);
+      bfd_get_section_contents (objfile->obfd, sect, debuglink,
+				(file_ptr)0, (bfd_size_type)size);
+
+      dir = xstrdup (name);
+      p = strrchr (dir, '/');
+      if (p != NULL)
+	{
+	  *(p+1) = 0;
+	  
+	  debugfile = alloca ( strlen (dir) + strlen (debuglink) + 1);
+	  strcpy (debugfile, dir);
+	  strcat (debugfile, debuglink);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  debugfile = alloca ( strlen (debuglink) + 1);
+	  strcpy (debugfile, debuglink);
+	}
+      xfree (dir);
+      
+      printf_filtered ("loading separate debug info from '%s'\n", debugfile);
+      objfile->separate_debug_objfile = symbol_file_add (debugfile, from_tty, addrs, 0, flags);
+    }
+  
   return (objfile);
 }