Index: gdb-7.0.90.20100306/gdb/symfile.c
===================================================================
--- gdb-7.0.90.20100306.orig/gdb/symfile.c	2010-03-06 23:20:35.000000000 +0100
+++ gdb-7.0.90.20100306/gdb/symfile.c	2010-03-06 23:26:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -3642,6 +3642,12 @@ default_symfile_relocate (struct objfile
 {
   bfd *abfd = objfile->obfd;
 
+  /* Executable files have all the relocations already resolved.
+   * Handle files linked with --emit-relocs.
+   * http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb/2006-08/msg00137.html  */
+  if ((abfd->flags & EXEC_P) != 0)
+    return NULL;
+
   /* We're only interested in sections with relocation
      information.  */
   if ((sectp->flags & SEC_RELOC) == 0)