diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 0b42648600..2535c5026d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+Mon Apr 18 13:18:56 1994  Peter Schauer  (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
+
+	* dbxread.c (read_dbx_dynamic_symtab):  Relocate BFD symbols by
+	section vma. Do not read dynamic relocs for sun3 executables to
+	avoid BFD assertion message.
+
 Mon Apr 18 10:08:07 1994  Jeffrey A. Law  (law@snake.cs.utah.edu)
 
 	* nm-hppab.h (KERNEL_U_ADDR): Define.
diff --git a/gdb/dbxread.c b/gdb/dbxread.c
index 54bcea232b..512fa87590 100644
--- a/gdb/dbxread.c
+++ b/gdb/dbxread.c
@@ -894,6 +894,9 @@ read_dbx_dynamic_symtab (section_offsets, objfile)
 	  sym_value = sym->value;
 
 	  sec = bfd_get_section (sym);
+
+	  /* BFD symbols are section relative.  */
+	  sym_value += sec->vma;
 	  if (bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_CODE)
 	    {
 	      sym_value += ANOFFSET (section_offsets, SECT_OFF_TEXT);
@@ -915,11 +918,20 @@ read_dbx_dynamic_symtab (section_offsets, objfile)
 	  if (sym->flags & BSF_GLOBAL)
 	    type |= N_EXT;
 
-	  record_minimal_symbol (bfd_asymbol_name (sym), sym_value,
+	  record_minimal_symbol ((char *) bfd_asymbol_name (sym), sym_value,
 				 type, objfile);
 	}
     }
 
+  /* FIXME: Reading the dynamic relocs currently causes a bfd_assertion
+     for sun3 executables. Do not read dynamic relocs till BFD is prepared
+     to handle them.  */
+  if (bfd_get_arch (abfd) != bfd_arch_sparc)
+    {
+      do_cleanups (back_to);
+      return;
+    }
+
   /* Symbols from shared libraries have a dynamic relocation entry
      that points to the associated slot in the procedure linkage table.
      We make a mininal symbol table entry with type mst_solib_trampoline