* symmisc.c (dump_symtab): Switch the current language to

	the language of the symtab we are dumping only if the symtab's
	language is neither language_auto nor language_unknown.

	* coffread.c (coff_symtab_read): Set language_minimal as the
	language for the "_globals_" pseudo-file.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/gdb/symmisc.c b/gdb/symmisc.c
index 2e25c896df3..96fabc3c04c 100644
--- a/gdb/symmisc.c
+++ b/gdb/symmisc.c
@@ -496,16 +496,23 @@ static void
 dump_symtab (struct objfile *objfile, struct symtab *symtab,
 	     struct ui_file *outfile)
 {
-  enum language saved_lang;
-
   /* Set the current language to the language of the symtab we're dumping
      because certain routines used during dump_symtab() use the current
-     language to print an image of the symbol.  We'll restore it later.  */
-  saved_lang = set_language (symtab->language);
+     language to print an image of the symbol.  We'll restore it later.
+     But use only real languages, not placeholders.  */
+  if (symtab->language != language_unknown
+      && symtab->language != language_auto)
+    {
+      enum language saved_lang;
+
+      saved_lang = set_language (symtab->language);
 
-  dump_symtab_1 (objfile, symtab, outfile);
+      dump_symtab_1 (objfile, symtab, outfile);
 
-  set_language (saved_lang);
+      set_language (saved_lang);
+    }
+  else
+    dump_symtab_1 (objfile, symtab, outfile);
 }
 
 void