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Bug#1140537: licenserecon: handles wildcards

From Peter Blackman <peter@pblackman.plus.com>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject Bug#1140537: licenserecon: handles wildcards
Date 2026-06-22 13:10 +0200
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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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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

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