--- /dev/null
+Index: gdb-6.8.50.20090803/gdb/valops.c
+===================================================================
+--- gdb-6.8.50.20090803.orig/gdb/valops.c 2009-08-04 06:30:45.000000000 +0200
++++ gdb-6.8.50.20090803/gdb/valops.c 2009-08-04 06:33:05.000000000 +0200
+@@ -926,10 +926,18 @@ value_assign (struct value *toval, struc
+ struct gdbarch *gdbarch;
+ int value_reg;
+
+- /* Figure out which frame this is in currently. */
+- frame = frame_find_by_id (VALUE_FRAME_ID (toval));
+ value_reg = VALUE_REGNUM (toval);
+
++ /* Figure out which frame this is in currently. */
++ frame = frame_find_by_id (VALUE_FRAME_ID (toval));
++ /* "set $reg+=1" should work on programs with no debug info,
++ but frame_find_by_id returns NULL here (RH bug 436037).
++ Use current frame, it represents CPU state in this case.
++ If frame_find_by_id is changed to do it internally
++ (it is contemplated there), remove this. */
++ if (!frame)
++ frame = get_current_frame ();
++ /* Probably never happens. */
+ if (!frame)
+ error (_("Value being assigned to is no longer active."));
+