[Bug gdb/17228] New: breakpoint will fail when directory names containing comma character

["limkokhole at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=17228

            Bug ID: 17228
           Summary: breakpoint will fail when directory names containing
                    comma character
           Product: gdb
           Version: 7.6
            Status: NEW
          Severity: minor
          Priority: P2
         Component: gdb
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: limkokhole at gmail dot com

The breakpoint will raise "Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: Function
"/home/ack0hole/" not defined." exception if parent or current directory name
containing comma character.

Similar issue has been asked on Stack Overflow,
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12520185/adding-breakpoints-to-gdb-in-files-with-comma-in-path

Environment:
GDB version: GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora 7.6.1-46.fc19
OS version: Fedora release 19 (SchrÃdingerâs Cat)
uname -a: Linux localhost.localdomain 3.14.8-100.fc19.i686.PAE #1 SMP Mon Jun
16 22:06:57 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

Following is the terminal log (/home/ack0hole is my home directory name):

[ack0hole@localhost test]$ cc -c io_eof.c
[ack0hole@localhost test]$ gdb ./a.out 
GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora 7.6.1-46.fc19
Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-redhat-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from /home/ack0hole/,/test/a.out...done.
(gdb) l
1       #include <stdio.h>
2       main()
3       {
4           int c;
5           c = getchar();
6           putchar(c);    
7       }
(gdb) 
Line number 8 out of range; io_eof.c has 7 lines.
(gdb) b 4
Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048469: file io_eof.c, line 4.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /home/ack0hole/,/test/./a.out 
Error in re-setting breakpoint 1: Function "/home/ack0hole/" not defined.


[Inferior 1 (process 4955) exited with code 012]
(gdb) i b
Num     Type           Disp Enb Address    What
1       breakpoint     keep n   <PENDING>  /home/ack0hole/,/test/io_eof.c:4
(gdb)

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