diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 5a325dfaf6..83a1e8f6dc 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+2011-06-29  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	PR testsuite/12040:
+	* lib/future.exp: New file, mostly extracted from ada.exp.
+	Rewrote compatibility code to use rename.
+	(gdb_find_gfortran): New proc.
+	(gdb_default_target_compile): Refresh from dejagnu; plus a pending
+	gfortran patch.
+	* lib/ada.exp (gdb_find_gnatmake, gdb_default_target_compile):
+	Move to future.exp.
+	* lib/gdb.exp: Always load future.exp.
+
 2011-06-28  Yao Qi  <yao@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* gdb.cp/exception.cc: Don't include iostream.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
index fd194eb981..0872277046 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/ada.exp
@@ -13,396 +13,6 @@
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-load_lib libgloss.exp
-
-# FIXME:brobecker/2004-03-31:
-# The following function should eventually be part of dejagnu. Even after
-# this function becomes available in dejagnu, we will keep for a while
-# a copy of this function here in order to avoid increasing the dejagnu
-# version requirement.
-
-proc gdb_find_gnatmake {} {
-    global tool_root_dir
-
-    set root "$tool_root_dir/gcc"
-    set GM ""
-
-    if ![is_remote host] {
-        set file [lookfor_file $root gnatmake]
-        if { $file != "" } {
-            set GM "$file -I$root/ada/rts --GCC=$root/xgcc --GNATBIND=$root/gnatbind --GNATLINK=$root/gnatlink -cargs -B$root -largs --GCC=$root/xgcc -margs";
-        }   
-    }
-
-    if {$GM == ""} {
-        set GM [transform gnatmake]
-    }
-
-    return $GM
-}   
-
-# FIXME:brobecker/2004-03-31:
-# The following function is a copy of the function of the same name provided
-# by dejagnu, except that it has been modified to add support for building
-# Ada programs.  This copy is temporarily placed here until the changes
-# are merged into the dejagnu official release. Once the changes are merged,
-# we will likely keep this local copy for a while to avoid increasing the
-# dejagnu version requirement.
-
-proc gdb_default_target_compile {source destfile type options} {
-    global target_triplet
-    global tool_root_dir
-    global CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET
-    global compiler_flags
-
-    if { $destfile == "" && $type != "preprocess" && $type != "none" } {
-	error "Must supply an output filename for the compile to default_target_compile"
-    }
-
-    set add_flags ""
-    set libs ""
-    set compiler_type "c"
-    set compiler ""
-    set ldflags ""
-    set dest [target_info name]
-
-    if [info exists CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET] {
-	append add_flags " $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
-    }
-
-    if [info exists target_info(host,name)] {
-	set host [host_info name];
-    } else {
-	set host "unix";
-    }
-
-    foreach i $options {
-	if { $i == "ada" } {
-	    set compiler_type "ada"
-	    if [board_info $dest exists adaflags] {
-		append add_flags " [target_info adaflags]"
-	    }
-	    # append add_flags " [gnatmake_include_flags]";
-	    if [board_info $dest exists gnatmake] {
-		set compiler [target_info gnatmake];
-	    } else {
-		set compiler [find_gnatmake];
-	    }
-	}
-
-	if { $i == "c++" } {
-	    set compiler_type "c++"
-	    if [board_info $dest exists cxxflags] {
-		append add_flags " [target_info cxxflags]"
-	    }
-	    append add_flags " [g++_include_flags]";
-	    if [board_info $dest exists c++compiler] {
-		set compiler [target_info c++compiler];
-	    } else {
-		set compiler [find_g++];
-	    }
-	}
-
-	if { $i == "f77" } {
-	    set compiler_type "f77"
-	    if [board_info $dest exists f77flags] {
-		append add_flags " [target_info f77flags]"
-	    }
-#	    append add_flags " [f77_include_flags]"
-	    if [board_info $dest exists f77compiler] {
-		set compiler [target_info f77compiler]
-	    } else {
-		set compiler [find_g77]
-	    }
-	}
-
-	if [regexp "^dest=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^dest=" $i "" tmp
-	    if [board_info $tmp exists name] {
-		set dest [board_info $tmp name];
-	    } else {
-		set dest $tmp;
-	    }
-	}
-	if [regexp "^compiler=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^compiler=" $i "" tmp
-	    set compiler $tmp
-	}
-	if [regexp "^additional_flags=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^additional_flags=" $i "" tmp
-	    append add_flags " $tmp"
-	}
-	if [regexp "^ldflags=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^ldflags=" $i "" tmp
-	    append ldflags " $tmp"
-	}
-	if [regexp "^libs=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^libs=" $i "" tmp
-	    append libs " $tmp"
-	}
-	if [regexp "^incdir=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^incdir=" $i "-I" tmp
-	    append add_flags " $tmp"
-	}
-	if [regexp "^libdir=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^libdir=" $i "-L" tmp
-	    append add_flags " $tmp"
-	}
-	if [regexp "^ldscript=" $i] {
-	    regsub "^ldscript=" $i "" ldscript
-	}
- 	if [regexp "^redirect=" $i] {
- 	    regsub "^redirect=" $i "" redirect
- 	}
- 	if [regexp "^optimize=" $i] {
- 	    regsub "^optimize=" $i "" optimize
- 	}
- 	if [regexp "^timeout=" $i] {
- 	    regsub "^timeout=" $i "" timeout
- 	}
-    }
-
-    if [board_info $host exists cflags_for_target] {
-	append add_flags " [board_info $host cflags_for_target]";
-    }
-
-    global CC_FOR_TARGET
-    global CXX_FOR_TARGET
-    global F77_FOR_TARGET
-    global GNATMAKE_FOR_TARGET
-    
-    if [info exists CC_FOR_TARGET] {
-	if { $compiler == "" } {
-	    set compiler $CC_FOR_TARGET
-	}
-    }
-
-    if [info exists CXX_FOR_TARGET] {
-	if { $compiler_type == "c++" } {
-	    set compiler $CXX_FOR_TARGET
-	}
-    }
-
-    if [info exists F77_FOR_TARGET] {
-	if { $compiler_type == "f77" } {
-	    set compiler $F77_FOR_TARGET
-	}
-    }
-
-    if [info exists GNATMAKE_FOR_TARGET] {
-	if { $compiler_type == "ada" } {
-	    set compiler $GNATMAKE_FOR_TARGET
-	}
-    }
-
-    if { $compiler == "" } {
-	set compiler [board_info $dest compiler];
-	if { $compiler == "" } {
-	    return "default_target_compile: No compiler to compile with";
-	}
-    }
-
-    if ![is_remote host] {
-	if { [which $compiler] == 0 } {
-	    return "default_target_compile: Can't find $compiler."
-	}
-    }
-
-    if {$type == "object"} {
-	append add_flags " -c"
-    }
-
-    if { $type == "preprocess" } {
-	append add_flags " -E"
-    }
-    
-    if { $type == "assembly" } {
-	append add_flags " -S"
-    }
-
-    if [board_info $dest exists cflags] {
-	append add_flags " [board_info $dest cflags]"
-    }
-
-    if { $type == "executable" } {
-	# This must be added here.
-	# if [board_info $dest exists ldscript] {
-	#     append add_flags " [board_info $dest ldscript]"
-	# }
-
-	if [board_info $dest exists ldflags] {
-	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest ldflags]"
-	}
-	if { $compiler_type == "c++" } {
-	    append add_flags " [g++_link_flags]";
-	}
-	if [isnative] {
-	    # This is a lose.
-	    catch "glob -nocomplain $tool_root_dir/libstdc++/libstdc++.so* $tool_root_dir/libstdc++/libstdc++.sl" tmp
-	    if { ${tmp} != "" } {
-		if [regexp ".*solaris2.*" $target_triplet] {
-		    # Solaris 2
-		    append add_flags " -R$tool_root_dir/libstdc++"
-		} elseif [regexp ".*(osf|irix5|linux).*" $target_triplet] {
-		    # OSF/1 or Irix5
-		    append add_flags " -Wl,-rpath,$tool_root_dir/libstdc++"
-		} elseif [regexp ".*hppa.*" $target_triplet] {
-		    # HP/UX
-		    append add_flags " -Wl,-a,shared_archive"
-		}
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    if ![info exists ldscript] {
-	set ldscript [board_info $dest ldscript]
-    }
-
-    foreach i $options {
-	if { $i == "debug" } {
-	    if [board_info $dest exists debug_flags] {
-		append add_flags " [board_info $dest debug_flags]";
-	    } else {
-		append add_flags " -g"
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    if [info exists optimize] {
-	append add_flags " $optimize";
-    }
-
-    if { $type == "executable" } {
-	append add_flags " $ldflags"
-	foreach x $libs {
-	    if [file exists $x] {
-		append source " $x"
-	    } else {
-		append add_flags " $x";
-	    }
-	}
-
-	if [board_info $dest exists libs] {
-	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest libs]"
-	}
-
-	# This probably isn't such a good idea, but it avoids nasty
-	# hackiness in the testsuites.
-	# The math library must be linked in before the C library.  The C
-	# library is linked in by the linker script, so this must be before
-	# the linker script.
-	if [board_info $dest exists mathlib] {
-	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest mathlib]"
-	} else {
-	    append add_flags " -lm"
-	}
-
-	# This must be added here.
-	append add_flags " $ldscript";
-
-	if [board_info $dest exists remote_link] {
-	    # Relink option.
-	    append add_flags " -Wl,-r"
-	}
-	if [board_info $dest exists output_format] {
-	    append add_flags " -Wl,-oformat,[board_info $dest output_format]";
-	}
-    }
-
-    if [board_info $dest exists multilib_flags] {
-	append add_flags " [board_info $dest multilib_flags]";
-    }
-
-    verbose "doing compile"
-
-    set sources ""
-    if [is_remote host] {
-	foreach x $source {
-	    set file [remote_download host $x];
-	    if { $file == "" } {
-		warning "Unable to download $x to host."
-		return "Unable to download $x to host."
-	    } else {
-		append sources " $file";
-	    }
-	}
-    } else {
-	set sources $source
-    }
-
-    if [is_remote host] {
-	append add_flags " -o a.out"
-	remote_file host delete a.out;
-    } else {
-	if { $destfile != "" } {
-	    append add_flags " -o $destfile";
-	}
-    }
-
-    # This is obscure: we put SOURCES at the end when building an
-    # object, because otherwise, in some situations, libtool will
-    # become confused about the name of the actual source file.
-    if {$type == "object"} {
-        set opts "$add_flags $sources"
-    } else {
-        set opts "$sources $add_flags"
-    }
-
-    if [is_remote host] {
-	if [host_info exists use_at] {
-	    set fid [open "atfile" "w"];
-	    puts $fid "$opts";
-	    close $fid;
-	    set opts "@[remote_download host atfile]"
-	    remote_file build delete atfile
-	}
-    }
-
-    verbose "Invoking the compiler as $compiler $opts" 2
-
-    if [info exists redirect] {
-	verbose "Redirecting output to $redirect" 2
-	set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts" "" "" $redirect];
-    } else {
-	if [info exists timeout] {
-	    verbose "Setting timeout to $timeout" 2
-	    set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts" "" "" "" $timeout];
-	} else {
-	    set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts"];
-	}
-    }
-
-    set compiler_flags $opts
-    if [is_remote host] {
-	remote_upload host a.out $destfile;
-	remote_file host delete a.out;
-    }
-    set comp_output [prune_warnings [lindex $status 1]];
-    regsub "^\[\r\n\]+" $comp_output "" comp_output;
-    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 } {
-	verbose -log "compiler exited with status [lindex $status 0]";
-    }
-    if { [lindex $status 1] != "" } {
-	verbose -log "output is:\n[lindex $status 1]" 2;
-    }
-    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 && "${comp_output}" == "" } {
-	set comp_output "exit status is [lindex $status 0]";
-    }
-    return ${comp_output};
-}
-
-# See if the version of dejaGNU being used to run the testsuite is
-# recent enough to contain support for building Ada programs or not.
-# If not, then use the functions above in place of the ones provided
-# by dejaGNU. This is only temporary (brobecker/2004-03-31).
-
-if {[info procs find_gnatmake] == ""} {
-  proc find_gnatmake { } { return [gdb_find_gnatmake] }
-  proc default_target_compile { source destfile type options } {
-    return [gdb_default_target_compile $source $destfile $type $options]
-  }
-}
-
 # Compile some Ada code.
 
 proc gdb_compile_ada {source dest type options} {
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/future.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/future.exp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c95860def5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/future.exp
@@ -0,0 +1,437 @@
+# Copyright 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+load_lib libgloss.exp
+
+# FIXME:brobecker/2004-03-31:
+# The following functions should eventually be part of dejagnu. Even after
+# these functions becomes available in dejagnu, we will keep for a while
+# a copy here in order to avoid increasing the dejagnu version
+# requirement.
+
+proc gdb_find_gnatmake {} {
+    global tool_root_dir
+
+    set root "$tool_root_dir/gcc"
+    set GM ""
+
+    if ![is_remote host] {
+        set file [lookfor_file $root gnatmake]
+        if { $file != "" } {
+            set GM "$file -I$root/ada/rts --GCC=$root/xgcc --GNATBIND=$root/gnatbind --GNATLINK=$root/gnatlink -cargs -B$root -largs --GCC=$root/xgcc -margs";
+        }   
+    }
+
+    if {$GM == ""} {
+        set GM [transform gnatmake]
+    }
+
+    return $GM
+}   
+
+proc gdb_find_gfortran {} {
+    global tool_root_dir
+
+    if {![is_remote host]} {
+	set file [lookfor_file $tool_root_dir gfortran]
+	if { $file == "" } {
+	    set file [lookfor_file $tool_root_dir gcc/gfortran]
+	}
+	if { $file != "" } {
+	    set CC "$file -B[file dirname $file]/"
+	} else {
+	    set CC [transform gfortran]
+	}
+    } else {
+	set CC [transform gfortran]
+    }
+    return $CC
+}
+
+proc gdb_default_target_compile {source destfile type options} {
+    global target_triplet
+    global tool_root_dir
+    global CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET
+    global compiler_flags
+
+    if { $destfile == "" && $type != "preprocess" && $type != "none" } {
+	error "Must supply an output filename for the compile to default_target_compile"
+    }
+
+    set add_flags ""
+    set libs ""
+    set compiler_type "c"
+    set compiler ""
+    set ldflags ""
+    set dest [target_info name]
+
+    if {[info exists CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET]} {
+	append add_flags " $CFLAGS_FOR_TARGET"
+    }
+
+    if {[info exists target_info(host,name)]} {
+	set host [host_info name]
+    } else {
+	set host "unix"
+    }
+
+    foreach i $options {
+
+	if { $i == "ada" } {
+	    set compiler_type "ada"
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists adaflags]} {
+		append add_flags " [target_info adaflags]"
+	    }
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists gnatmake]} {
+		set compiler [target_info gnatmake]
+	    } else {
+		set compiler [find_gnatmake]
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if { $i == "c++" } {
+	    set compiler_type "c++"
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists cxxflags]} {
+		append add_flags " [target_info cxxflags]"
+	    }
+	    append add_flags " [g++_include_flags]"
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists c++compiler]} {
+		set compiler [target_info c++compiler]
+	    } else {
+		set compiler [find_g++]
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if { $i == "f77" } {
+	    set compiler_type "f77"
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists f77flags]} {
+		append add_flags " [target_info f77flags]"
+	    }
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists f77compiler]} {
+		set compiler [target_info f77compiler]
+	    } else {
+		set compiler [find_g77]
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if { $i == "f90" } {
+	    set compiler_type "f90"
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists f90flags]} {
+		append add_flags " [target_info f90flags]"
+	    }
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists f90compiler]} {
+		set compiler [target_info f90compiler]
+	    } else {
+		set compiler [find_gfortran]
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if {[regexp "^dest=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^dest=" $i "" tmp
+	    if {[board_info $tmp exists name]} {
+		set dest [board_info $tmp name]
+	    } else {
+		set dest $tmp
+	    }
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^compiler=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^compiler=" $i "" tmp
+	    set compiler $tmp
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^additional_flags=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^additional_flags=" $i "" tmp
+	    append add_flags " $tmp"
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^ldflags=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^ldflags=" $i "" tmp
+	    append ldflags " $tmp"
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^libs=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^libs=" $i "" tmp
+	    append libs " $tmp"
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^incdir=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^incdir=" $i "-I" tmp
+	    append add_flags " $tmp"
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^libdir=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^libdir=" $i "-L" tmp
+	    append add_flags " $tmp"
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^ldscript=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^ldscript=" $i "" ldscript
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^redirect=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^redirect=" $i "" redirect
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^optimize=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^optimize=" $i "" optimize
+	}
+	if {[regexp "^timeout=" $i]} {
+	    regsub "^timeout=" $i "" timeout
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {[board_info $host exists cflags_for_target]} {
+	append add_flags " [board_info $host cflags_for_target]"
+    }
+
+    global CC_FOR_TARGET
+    global CXX_FOR_TARGET
+    global F77_FOR_TARGET
+    global F90_FOR_TARGET
+    global GNATMAKE_FOR_TARGET
+
+    if {[info exists GNATMAKE_FOR_TARGET]} {
+	if { $compiler_type == "ada" } {
+	    set compiler $GNATMAKE_FOR_TARGET
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {[info exists CC_FOR_TARGET]} {
+	if { $compiler == "" } {
+	    set compiler $CC_FOR_TARGET
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {[info exists CXX_FOR_TARGET]} {
+	if { $compiler_type == "c++" } {
+	    set compiler $CXX_FOR_TARGET
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {[info exists F77_FOR_TARGET]} {
+	if { $compiler_type == "f77" } {
+	    set compiler $F77_FOR_TARGET
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {[info exists F90_FOR_TARGET]} {
+	if { $compiler_type == "f90" } {
+	    set compiler $F90_FOR_TARGET
+	}
+    }
+
+    if { $compiler == "" } {
+	set compiler [board_info $dest compiler]
+	if { $compiler == "" } {
+	    return "default_target_compile: No compiler to compile with"
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {![is_remote host]} {
+	if { [which $compiler] == 0 } {
+	    return "default_target_compile: Can't find $compiler."
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {$type == "object"} {
+	append add_flags " -c"
+    }
+
+    if { $type == "preprocess" } {
+	append add_flags " -E"
+    }
+
+    if { $type == "assembly" } {
+	append add_flags " -S"
+    }
+
+    if {[board_info $dest exists cflags]} {
+	append add_flags " [board_info $dest cflags]"
+    }
+
+    if { $type == "executable" } {
+	if {[board_info $dest exists ldflags]} {
+	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest ldflags]"
+	}
+	if { $compiler_type == "c++" } {
+	    append add_flags " [g++_link_flags]"
+	}
+	if {[isnative]} {
+	    # This is a lose.
+	    catch "glob -nocomplain $tool_root_dir/libstdc++/libstdc++.so* $tool_root_dir/libstdc++/libstdc++.sl" tmp
+	    if { ${tmp} != "" } {
+		if {[regexp ".*solaris2.*" $target_triplet]} {
+		    # Solaris 2
+		    append add_flags " -R$tool_root_dir/libstdc++"
+		} elseif {[regexp ".*(osf|irix5|linux).*" $target_triplet]} {
+		    # OSF/1 or IRIX 5
+		    append add_flags " -Wl,-rpath,$tool_root_dir/libstdc++"
+		} elseif {[regexp ".*hppa.*" $target_triplet]} {
+		    # HP-UX
+		    append add_flags " -Wl,-a,shared_archive"
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {![info exists ldscript]} {
+	set ldscript [board_info $dest ldscript]
+    }
+
+    foreach i $options {
+	if { $i == "debug" } {
+	    if {[board_info $dest exists debug_flags]} {
+		append add_flags " [board_info $dest debug_flags]"
+	    } else {
+		append add_flags " -g"
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {[info exists optimize]} {
+	append add_flags " $optimize"
+    }
+
+    if { $type == "executable" } {
+	append add_flags " $ldflags"
+	foreach x $libs {
+	    if {[file exists $x]} {
+		append source " $x"
+	    } else {
+		append add_flags " $x"
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if {[board_info $dest exists libs]} {
+	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest libs]"
+	}
+
+	# This probably isn't such a good idea, but it avoids nasty
+	# hackiness in the testsuites.
+	# The math library must be linked in before the C library.  The C
+	# library is linked in by the linker script, so this must be before
+	# the linker script.
+	if {[board_info $dest exists mathlib]} {
+	    append add_flags " [board_info $dest mathlib]"
+	} else {
+	    append add_flags " -lm"
+	}
+
+	# This must be added here.
+	append add_flags " $ldscript"
+
+	if {[board_info $dest exists remote_link]} {
+	    # Relink option.
+	    append add_flags " -Wl,-r"
+	}
+	if {[board_info $dest exists output_format]} {
+	    append add_flags " -Wl,-oformat,[board_info $dest output_format]"
+	}
+    }
+
+    if {[board_info $dest exists multilib_flags]} {
+	append add_flags " [board_info $dest multilib_flags]"
+    }
+
+    verbose "doing compile"
+
+    set sources ""
+    if {[is_remote host]} {
+	foreach x $source {
+	    set file [remote_download host $x]
+	    if { $file == "" } {
+		warning "Unable to download $x to host."
+		return "Unable to download $x to host."
+	    } else {
+		append sources " $file"
+	    }
+	}
+    } else {
+	set sources $source
+    }
+
+    if {[is_remote host]} {
+	append add_flags " -o a.out"
+	remote_file host delete a.out
+    } else {
+	if { $destfile != "" } {
+	    append add_flags " -o $destfile"
+	}
+    }
+
+    # This is obscure: we put SOURCES at the end when building an
+    # object, because otherwise, in some situations, libtool will
+    # become confused about the name of the actual source file.
+    if {$type == "object"} {
+	set opts "$add_flags $sources"
+    } else {
+	set opts "$sources $add_flags"
+    }
+
+    if {[is_remote host]} {
+	if {[host_info exists use_at]} {
+	    set fid [open "atfile" "w"]
+	    puts $fid "$opts"
+	    close $fid
+	    set opts "@[remote_download host atfile]"
+	    remote_file build delete atfile
+	}
+    }
+
+    verbose "Invoking the compiler as $compiler $opts" 2
+
+    if {[info exists redirect]} {
+	verbose "Redirecting output to $redirect" 2
+	set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts" "" "" $redirect]
+    } else {
+	if {[info exists timeout]} {
+	    verbose "Setting timeout to $timeout" 2
+	    set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts" "" "" "" $timeout]
+	} else {
+	    set status [remote_exec host "$compiler $opts"]
+	}
+    }
+
+    set compiler_flags $opts
+    if {[is_remote host]} {
+	remote_upload host a.out $destfile
+	remote_file host delete a.out
+    }
+    set comp_output [prune_warnings [lindex $status 1]]
+    regsub "^\[\r\n\]+" $comp_output "" comp_output
+    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 } {
+	verbose -log "compiler exited with status [lindex $status 0]"
+    }
+    if { [lindex $status 1] != "" } {
+	verbose -log "output is:\n[lindex $status 1]" 2
+    }
+    if { [lindex $status 0] != 0 && "${comp_output}" == "" } {
+	set comp_output "exit status is [lindex $status 0]"
+    }
+    return ${comp_output}
+}
+
+# See if the version of dejaGNU being used to run the testsuite is
+# recent enough to contain support for building Ada programs or not.
+# If not, then use the functions above in place of the ones provided
+# by dejaGNU. This is only temporary (brobecker/2004-03-31).
+
+set use_gdb_compile 0
+if {[info procs find_gnatmake] == ""} {
+    rename gdb_find_gnatmake find_gnatmake
+    set use_gdb_compile 1
+}
+
+if {[info procs find_gfortran] == ""} {
+    rename gdb_find_gfortran find_gfortran
+    set use_gdb_compile 1
+}
+
+if {$use_gdb_compile} {
+    catch {rename default_target_compile {}}
+    rename gdb_default_target_compile default_target_compile
+}
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index f465398ab0..dc16cfae36 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -3735,3 +3735,5 @@ proc gdb_target_symbol_prefix_flags {} {
     }
 }
 
+# Always load compatibility stuff.
+load_lib future.exp