diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib-lib.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib-lib.c
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib-lib.c
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+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+   Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
+   bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu  */
+
+int var;
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib-main.c b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib-main.c
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+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib-main.c
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+/* This testcase is part of GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+   Please email any bugs, comments, and/or additions to this file to:
+   bug-gdb@prep.ai.mit.edu  */
+
+int
+main (void)
+{
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/datalib.exp
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+# Copyright 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# 
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+# 
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  
+
+set testfile datalib
+set srcfilemain ${testfile}-main.c
+set srcfilelib ${testfile}-lib.c
+set libfile [standard_output_file ${testfile}-lib.so]
+set binfile [standard_output_file ${testfile}-main]
+if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfilelib}" "${libfile}" executable [list debug {additional_flags=-shared -nostdlib}]] != "" } {
+    untested "Couldn't compile test program"
+    return -1
+}
+if  { [gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${srcfilemain}" "${binfile} ${libfile}" executable {debug}] != "" } {
+    untested "Couldn't compile test program"
+    return -1
+}
+
+# Get things started.
+
+gdb_exit
+gdb_start
+gdb_reinitialize_dir $srcdir/$subdir
+gdb_load ${binfile}
+
+# We must use a separate library as the main executable is compiled to the
+# address 0 by default and it would get fixed up already at the end of
+# INIT_OBJFILE_SECT_INDICES.  We also cannot PRELINK it as PRELINK is missing
+# on ia64.  The library must be NOSTDLIB as otherwise some stub code would
+# create the `.text' section there.  Also DEBUG option is useful as some of
+# the crashes occur in dwarf2read.c.
+
+# FAIL case:
+# ../../gdb/ia64-tdep.c:2838: internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized
+# A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
+
+gdb_test "start" \
+         "main \\(\\) at .*${srcfilemain}.*" \
+         "start"