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diff --git a/gdb/infcmd.c b/gdb/infcmd.c
index ccf0806..5b8d1f2 100644
--- a/gdb/infcmd.c
+++ b/gdb/infcmd.c
@@ -389,17 +389,23 @@ Start it from the beginning? "))
clear_breakpoint_hit_counts ();
- exec_file = (char *) get_exec_file (0);
-
/* Purge old solib objfiles. */
objfile_purge_solibs ();
do_run_cleanups (NULL);
- /* The exec file is re-read every time we do a generic_mourn_inferior, so
- we just have to worry about the symbol file. */
+ /* The comment here used to read, "The exec file is re-read every
+ time we do a generic_mourn_inferior, so we just have to worry
+ about the symbol file." The `generic_mourn_inferior' function
+ gets called whenever the program exits. However, suppose the
+ program exits, and *then* the executable file changes? We need
+ to check again here. Since reopen_exec_file doesn't do anything
+ if the timestamp hasn't changed, I don't see the harm. */
+ reopen_exec_file ();
reread_symbols ();
+ exec_file = (char *) get_exec_file (0);
+
/* We keep symbols from add-symbol-file, on the grounds that the
user might want to add some symbols before running the program
(right?). But sometimes (dynamic loading where the user manually