2 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/.gdbinit b/src/.gdbinit
index 32b3827b22d..5ecdaa4a572 100644
--- a/src/.gdbinit
+++ b/src/.gdbinit
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 # Force loading of symbols, enough to give us gdb_valbits etc.
 set main
+# With some compilers, we need this to give us struct Lisp_Symbol etc.:
+set Fmake_symbol
 
 # Find lwlib source files too.
 dir ../lwlib
diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index e1b07d50a3b..033a32a0a58 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-24  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+        * .gdbinit: Add a "set Fmake_symbol" line to force GDB load the
+        definition of "struct Lisp_Symbol".
+
 2010-04-24  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
         * Makefile.in (CRT_DIR): New variable, set by configure.