Description of problem:
This doesn't work properly: gdb --args myprogram arg1 '' arg3

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
gdb-5.3post-0.20021129.3

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:

$ cat <<EOF >args.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main (int argc) { printf ("%d\n", argc); }
EOF
$ make args
$ gdb --args ./args 1 '' 3
(gdb) r

Actual results:
3

Expected results:
4