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Bug#1140537: licenserecon: mishandles wildcards

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  Bug#1140537: licenserecon: mishandles wildcards Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> - 2026-06-22 12:30 +0200
    Bug#1140537: licenserecon: handles wildcards Peter Blackman <peter@pblackman.plus.com> - 2026-06-22 13:10 +0200
      Bug#1140537: licenserecon: mishandles multiple wildcards Peter Blackman <peter@pblackman.plus.com> - 2026-06-22 22:20 +0200

#1299348 — Bug#1140537: licenserecon: mishandles wildcards

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Package: licenserecon
Version: 17.0
Severity: normal

Wildcards like * and ? match / in the specification, yet
the attached test case produces a mismatch:

Expat            | Apache-2.0        a/b/test.c

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#1299351 — Bug#1140537: licenserecon: handles wildcards

On 22/06/2026 11:26, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> Package: licenserecon
> Version: 17.0
> Severity: normal
> 
> Wildcards like * and ? match / in the specification, yet
> the attached test case produces a mismatch:
> 
> Expat            | Apache-2.0        a/b/test.c
> 

Hi Julian,

licenserecon handles wildcards using /usr/bin/ls
 From your example:

ls */*.c
ls: cannot access '*/*.c': No such file or directory

However;
ls */*/*.c
a/b/test.c

ISTM that it's your test copyright that mishandles wildcards ;-)

Cheers,
Peter

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#1299391 — Bug#1140537: licenserecon: mishandles multiple wildcards

On second thoughts, I realise you are correct here.

DEP-5 spec says; ...

"Both [wildcards] match slashes (/) and leading dots, unlike shell globs.
The pattern *.in therefore matches any file whose name ends in .in anywhere in the source tree,
not just at the top level."

See also https://bugs.debian.org/1086136

With your example file
Files: a/*.c

would work with lrc as it stands.
But if there are multiple asterisks in the Files: field
lrc currently reverts to a shell glob.

Are you having issues with a particular package that I could look at?

Regards,
Peter

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