diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 33ead66330..b84aa5d614 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-04-27  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+	* symfile.c (reread_symbols): Also search for file in libraries.
+	Update comment.
+
 2010-04-27  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* configure.tgt: Treat x86-lynxos targets as x86 bareboard targets
diff --git a/gdb/symfile.c b/gdb/symfile.c
index 4f70445c60..0528488c3c 100644
--- a/gdb/symfile.c
+++ b/gdb/symfile.c
@@ -2290,14 +2290,13 @@ reread_symbols (void)
       if (objfile->separate_debug_objfile_backlink)
 	continue;
 
-#ifdef DEPRECATED_IBM6000_TARGET
-      /* If this object is from a shared library, then you should
-	 stat on the library name, not member name. */
-
+      /* If this object is from an archive (what you usually create with
+	 `ar', often called a `static library' on most systems, though
+	 a `shared library' on AIX is also an archive), then you should
+	 stat on the archive name, not member name.  */
       if (objfile->obfd->my_archive)
 	res = stat (objfile->obfd->my_archive->filename, &new_statbuf);
       else
-#endif
 	res = stat (objfile->name, &new_statbuf);
       if (res != 0)
 	{