diff --git a/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-managed-basic.rs b/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-managed-basic.rs
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+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// xfail-win32 Broken because of LLVM bug: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16249
+
+// Gdb doesn't know
+// about UTF-32 character encoding and will print a rust char as only
+// its numerical value.
+
+// compile-flags:-Z extra-debug-info
+// debugger:break zzz
+// debugger:run
+// debugger:finish
+// debugger:print *bool_ref
+// check:$1 = true
+
+// debugger:print *int_ref
+// check:$2 = -1
+
+// debugger:print *char_ref
+// check:$3 = 97
+
+// debugger:print/d *i8_ref
+// check:$4 = 68
+
+// debugger:print *i16_ref
+// check:$5 = -16
+
+// debugger:print *i32_ref
+// check:$6 = -32
+
+// debugger:print *i64_ref
+// check:$7 = -64
+
+// debugger:print *uint_ref
+// check:$8 = 1
+
+// debugger:print/d *u8_ref
+// check:$9 = 100
+
+// debugger:print *u16_ref
+// check:$10 = 16
+
+// debugger:print *u32_ref
+// check:$11 = 32
+
+// debugger:print *u64_ref
+// check:$12 = 64
+
+// debugger:print *float_ref
+// check:$13 = 1.5
+
+// debugger:print *f32_ref
+// check:$14 = 2.5
+
+// debugger:print *f64_ref
+// check:$15 = 3.5
+
+
+fn main() {
+    let bool_box: @bool = @true;
+    let bool_ref : &bool = bool_box;
+
+    let int_box: @int = @-1;
+    let int_ref : &int = int_box;
+
+    let char_box: @char = @'a';
+    let char_ref : &char = char_box;
+
+    let i8_box: @i8 = @68;
+    let i8_ref : &i8 = i8_box;
+
+    let i16_box: @i16 = @-16;
+    let i16_ref : &i16 = i16_box;
+
+    let i32_box: @i32 = @-32;
+    let i32_ref : &i32 = i32_box;
+
+    let i64_box: @i64 = @-64;
+    let i64_ref : &i64 = i64_box;
+
+    let uint_box: @uint = @1;
+    let uint_ref : &uint = uint_box;
+
+    let u8_box: @u8 = @100;
+    let u8_ref : &u8 = u8_box;
+
+    let u16_box: @u16 = @16;
+    let u16_ref : &u16 = u16_box;
+
+    let u32_box: @u32 = @32;
+    let u32_ref : &u32 = u32_box;
+
+    let u64_box: @u64 = @64;
+    let u64_ref : &u64 = u64_box;
+
+    let float_box: @float = @1.5;
+    let float_ref : &float = float_box;
+
+    let f32_box: @f32 = @2.5;
+    let f32_ref : &f32 = f32_box;
+
+    let f64_box: @f64 = @3.5;
+    let f64_ref : &f64 = f64_box;
+    zzz();
+}
+
+fn zzz() {()}
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diff --git a/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-unique-basic.rs b/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-unique-basic.rs
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+++ b/src/test/debug-info/reference-to-unique-basic.rs
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+// Copyright 2013 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+// xfail-win32 Broken because of LLVM bug: http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=16249
+
+// Gdb doesn't know
+// about UTF-32 character encoding and will print a rust char as only
+// its numerical value.
+
+// compile-flags:-Z extra-debug-info
+// debugger:break zzz
+// debugger:run
+// debugger:finish
+// debugger:print *bool_ref
+// check:$1 = true
+
+// debugger:print *int_ref
+// check:$2 = -1
+
+// debugger:print *char_ref
+// check:$3 = 97
+
+// debugger:print/d *i8_ref
+// check:$4 = 68
+
+// debugger:print *i16_ref
+// check:$5 = -16
+
+// debugger:print *i32_ref
+// check:$6 = -32
+
+// debugger:print *i64_ref
+// check:$7 = -64
+
+// debugger:print *uint_ref
+// check:$8 = 1
+
+// debugger:print/d *u8_ref
+// check:$9 = 100
+
+// debugger:print *u16_ref
+// check:$10 = 16
+
+// debugger:print *u32_ref
+// check:$11 = 32
+
+// debugger:print *u64_ref
+// check:$12 = 64
+
+// debugger:print *float_ref
+// check:$13 = 1.5
+
+// debugger:print *f32_ref
+// check:$14 = 2.5
+
+// debugger:print *f64_ref
+// check:$15 = 3.5
+
+
+fn main() {
+    let bool_box: ~bool = ~true;
+    let bool_ref : &bool = bool_box;
+
+    let int_box: ~int = ~-1;
+    let int_ref : &int = int_box;
+
+    let char_box: ~char = ~'a';
+    let char_ref : &char = char_box;
+
+    let i8_box: ~i8 = ~68;
+    let i8_ref : &i8 = i8_box;
+
+    let i16_box: ~i16 = ~-16;
+    let i16_ref : &i16 = i16_box;
+
+    let i32_box: ~i32 = ~-32;
+    let i32_ref : &i32 = i32_box;
+
+    let i64_box: ~i64 = ~-64;
+    let i64_ref : &i64 = i64_box;
+
+    let uint_box: ~uint = ~1;
+    let uint_ref : &uint = uint_box;
+
+    let u8_box: ~u8 = ~100;
+    let u8_ref : &u8 = u8_box;
+
+    let u16_box: ~u16 = ~16;
+    let u16_ref : &u16 = u16_box;
+
+    let u32_box: ~u32 = ~32;
+    let u32_ref : &u32 = u32_box;
+
+    let u64_box: ~u64 = ~64;
+    let u64_ref : &u64 = u64_box;
+
+    let float_box: ~float = ~1.5;
+    let float_ref : &float = float_box;
+
+    let f32_box: ~f32 = ~2.5;
+    let f32_ref : &f32 = f32_box;
+
+    let f64_box: ~f64 = ~3.5;
+    let f64_ref : &f64 = f64_box;
+    zzz();
+}
+
+fn zzz() {()}
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