diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog
index b3051b6df24..7e5a8227abf 100644
--- a/gcc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gcc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2000-12-13  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* gcc.c (handle_braces): Handle %{<S*} spec correctly.
+
 2000-12-13  Alexandre Oliva  <aoliva@redhat.com>
 
 	* function.c (assign_parms): Optimize incoming PARALLELs into
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.c b/gcc/gcc.c
index d3066b95e73..2bf0263cf71 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.c
+++ b/gcc/gcc.c
@@ -4820,7 +4820,15 @@ next_member:
       for (i = 0; i < n_switches; i++)
 	if (!strncmp (switches[i].part1, filter, p - filter)
 	    && check_live_switch (i, p - filter))
-	  give_switch (i, 0, include_blanks);
+	  {
+	    if (elide_switch)
+	      {
+		switches[i].live_cond = SWITCH_IGNORE;
+		switches[i].validated = 1;
+	      }
+	    else
+	      give_switch (i, 0, include_blanks);
+	  }
     }
   else
     {