diff -r 000000000000 -r aa1a9fbd6eb8 patches/gdb/6.3/620-debian_static-thread-db.patch
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/patches/gdb/6.3/620-debian_static-thread-db.patch	Thu May 17 16:22:51 2007 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+Status: submitted similar patch 2004-12-08
+
+This patch cleans up the initialization of thread_db.  It works for static
+binaries now.  The vsyscall patches hide this problem, since new static
+binaries will load the vsyscall DSO and then trigger thread_db; but
+this is still a good cleanup.
+
+Index: gdb-6.3/gdb/thread-db.c
+===================================================================
+--- gdb-6.3.orig/gdb/thread-db.c	2004-10-08 16:29:56.000000000 -0400
++++ gdb-6.3/gdb/thread-db.c	2004-11-10 00:19:30.626530413 -0500
+@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
+ #include "target.h"
+ #include "regcache.h"
+ #include "solib-svr4.h"
++#include "observer.h"
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_GNU_LIBC_VERSION_H
+ #include <gnu/libc-version.h>
+@@ -627,59 +628,49 @@ check_thread_signals (void)
+ #endif
+ }
+ 
++/* Check whether thread_db is usable.  This function is called when
++   an inferior is created (or otherwise acquired, e.g. attached to)
++   and when new shared libraries are loaded into a running process.  */
++
+ static void
+-thread_db_new_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
++check_for_thread_db (void)
+ {
+   td_err_e err;
++  static int already_loaded;
+ 
+   /* First time through, report that libthread_db was successfuly
+      loaded.  Can't print this in in thread_db_load as, at that stage,
+-     the interpreter and it's console haven't started.  The real
+-     problem here is that libthread_db is loaded too early - it should
+-     only be loaded when there is a program to debug.  */
+-  {
+-    static int dejavu;
+-    if (!dejavu)
+-      {
+-	Dl_info info;
+-	const char *library = NULL;
+-	/* Try dladdr.  */
+-	if (dladdr ((*td_ta_new_p), &info) != 0)
+-	  library = info.dli_fname;
+-	/* Try dlinfo?  */
+-	if (library == NULL)
+-	  /* Paranoid - don't let a NULL path slip through.  */
+-	  library = LIBTHREAD_DB_SO;
+-	printf_unfiltered ("Using host libthread_db library \"%s\".\n",
+-			   library);
+-	dejavu = 1;
+-      }
+-  }
++     the interpreter and it's console haven't started.  */
+ 
+-  /* Don't attempt to use thread_db on targets which can not run
+-     (core files).  */
+-  if (objfile == NULL || !target_has_execution)
++  if (!already_loaded)
+     {
+-      /* All symbols have been discarded.  If the thread_db target is
+-         active, deactivate it now.  */
+-      if (using_thread_db)
+-	{
+-	  gdb_assert (proc_handle.pid == 0);
+-	  unpush_target (&thread_db_ops);
+-	  using_thread_db = 0;
+-	}
++      Dl_info info;
++      const char *library = NULL;
++      if (dladdr ((*td_ta_new_p), &info) != 0)
++	library = info.dli_fname;
++
++      /* Try dlinfo?  */
+ 
+-      goto quit;
++      if (library == NULL)
++	/* Paranoid - don't let a NULL path slip through.  */
++	library = LIBTHREAD_DB_SO;
++
++      printf_unfiltered ("Using host libthread_db library \"%s\".\n",
++			 library);
++      already_loaded = 1;
+     }
+ 
+   if (using_thread_db)
+     /* Nothing to do.  The thread library was already detected and the
+        target vector was already activated.  */
+-    goto quit;
++    return;
++
++  /* Don't attempt to use thread_db on targets which can not run
++     (executables not running yet, core files) for now.  */
++  if (!target_has_execution)
++    return;
+ 
+-  /* Initialize the structure that identifies the child process.  Note
+-     that at this point there is no guarantee that we actually have a
+-     child process.  */
++  /* Initialize the structure that identifies the child process.  */
+   proc_handle.pid = GET_PID (inferior_ptid);
+ 
+   /* Now attempt to open a connection to the thread library.  */
+@@ -706,12 +697,24 @@ thread_db_new_objfile (struct objfile *o
+ 	       thread_db_err_str (err));
+       break;
+     }
++}
++
++static void
++thread_db_new_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
++{
++  if (objfile != NULL)
++    check_for_thread_db ();
+ 
+-quit:
+   if (target_new_objfile_chain)
+     target_new_objfile_chain (objfile);
+ }
+ 
++static void
++check_for_thread_db_observer (struct target_ops *target, int from_tty)
++{
++  check_for_thread_db ();
++}
++
+ /* Attach to a new thread.  This function is called when we receive a
+    TD_CREATE event or when we iterate over all threads and find one
+    that wasn't already in our list.  */
+@@ -1366,5 +1369,8 @@ _initialize_thread_db (void)
+       /* Add ourselves to objfile event chain.  */
+       target_new_objfile_chain = deprecated_target_new_objfile_hook;
+       deprecated_target_new_objfile_hook = thread_db_new_objfile;
++
++      /* Register ourselves for the new inferior observer.  */
++      observer_attach_inferior_created (check_for_thread_db_observer);
+     }
+ }
+Index: gdb-6.3/gdb/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- gdb-6.3.orig/gdb/Makefile.in	2004-11-09 23:04:57.000000000 -0500
++++ gdb-6.3/gdb/Makefile.in	2004-11-10 00:19:26.440347022 -0500
+@@ -2626,7 +2626,8 @@ thread.o: thread.c $(defs_h) $(symtab_h)
+ 	$(gdbcmd_h) $(regcache_h) $(gdb_h) $(gdb_string_h) $(ui_out_h)
+ thread-db.o: thread-db.c $(defs_h) $(gdb_assert_h) $(gdb_proc_service_h) \
+ 	$(gdb_thread_db_h) $(bfd_h) $(gdbthread_h) $(inferior_h) \
+-	$(symfile_h) $(objfiles_h) $(target_h) $(regcache_h) $(solib_svr4_h)
++	$(symfile_h) $(objfiles_h) $(target_h) $(regcache_h) $(solib_svr4_h) \
++	$(observer_h)
+ top.o: top.c $(defs_h) $(gdbcmd_h) $(call_cmds_h) $(cli_cmds_h) \
+ 	$(cli_script_h) $(cli_setshow_h) $(cli_decode_h) $(symtab_h) \
+ 	$(inferior_h) $(target_h) $(breakpoint_h) $(gdbtypes_h) \