diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index bae527f9dc..6b10dbe47d 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Tue Nov  1 13:00:46 1994  Peter Schauer  (pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de)
+
+	* c-valprint.c (c_value_print):  Check for plain literal `char'
+	target type when suppressing `(char *)' output for strings.
+
 Mon Oct 31 19:19:51 1994  Stan Shebs  (shebs@andros.cygnus.com)
 
 	* coffread.c (coff_symfile_init): Remove unused local abfd.
diff --git a/gdb/c-valprint.c b/gdb/c-valprint.c
index ee98fc46e3..5e5791b12a 100644
--- a/gdb/c-valprint.c
+++ b/gdb/c-valprint.c
@@ -494,9 +494,9 @@ c_value_print (val, stream, format, pretty)
 	  /* Hack:  remove (char *) for char strings.  Their
 	     type is indicated by the quoted string anyway. */
           if (TYPE_CODE (type) == TYPE_CODE_PTR &&
-	      TYPE_LENGTH (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == sizeof(char) &&
-	      TYPE_CODE (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) == TYPE_CODE_INT &&
-	      !TYPE_UNSIGNED (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)))
+	      TYPE_NAME (type) == NULL &&
+	      TYPE_NAME (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)) != NULL &&
+	      STREQ (TYPE_NAME (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type)), "char"))
 	    {
 		/* Print nothing */
 	    }