gtk+-2.16.5: error: unexpected character `\1', expected keyword - e.g. `style'

[Igor Serikov <bt turtle freedns us>]

   Hello Gnome,

Several gtk+-2.16.5 applications produce "error: unexpected 
character....." message. The message is a result of an attempt to read a 
raw directory and interpret it as a configuration file (see 
http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/current/2009-04/msg00597.html). 
This behavior is apparently a result of appending an empty string to the 
current directory name in  gtk_rc_context_parse_one_file in gtkrc.c.

 Igor.