diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 1de7d107d2..68a272ca10 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Tue May 18 14:08:50 1993  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
 
+	* config/{i386/linux.mh,m68k/isi.mh} (NATDEPFILES):
+	Comment out corelow.c because core dumps are broken on these machines.
+
 	* Makefile.in (depend):  Put "${srcdir}" in generated dependencies
 	if srcdir is not ".".
 	Also put in -I${BFD_DIR} or -I${READLINE_DIR} for files which need it.
diff --git a/gdb/config/i386/linux.mh b/gdb/config/i386/linux.mh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba7321e0ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/config/i386/linux.mh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Host: Intel 386 running System V
+XDEPFILES= 
+XM_FILE= xm-linux.h
+NAT_FILE= nm-linux.h
+# corelow.o commented out because core dumps are broken as of GDB 4.9.
+# According to eichin@cygnus.com, the GDB which ships with linux (not sure
+# which linux distribution) can read a linux core dump.  It's numbered 4.8,
+# but I don't know whether it's vanilla 4.8 or modified.
+NATDEPFILES= exec.o infptrace.o inftarg.o fork-child.o coredep.o i386v-nat.o
+XM_CLIBS=
+TERMLIB=
+SYSV_DEFINE=-DSYSV
+REGEX=regex.o
+REGEX1=regex.o
diff --git a/gdb/config/m68k/isi.mh b/gdb/config/m68k/isi.mh
index b0a5bedc5d..d8090664c3 100644
--- a/gdb/config/m68k/isi.mh
+++ b/gdb/config/m68k/isi.mh
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 # Host: ISI Optimum V (3.05) under 4.3bsd.
-XDEPFILES= infptrace.o inftarg.o fork-child.o coredep.o corelow.o
+# corelow.o commented out because core dumps are broken on this machine,
+# as of GDB 4.8, according to lam@tfs.com
+XDEPFILES= infptrace.o inftarg.o fork-child.o coredep.o # corelow.o
 XM_FILE= xm-isi.h