Suppressing gdb shared library noise?

I occasionally run an app under gdb that has several hundred shared
libraries/modules, and generally the gdb output is horribly cluttered
with hundreds of lines of

Reading symbols for shared libraries . done
Reading symbols for shared libraries ......................... done
Reading symbols for shared libraries . done
Reading symbols for shared libraries . done

(This is under 10.6).

Is there a reasonable way to suppress this output, short of
patching gdb?

Is this the sort of thing that it is pointful to file a radar bug on?

Thanks.

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  John Hawkinson