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Bug#68602: glibc-doc: GLOB_PERIOD incorrectly documented



Package: glibc-doc
Version: 2.1.3-10
Severity: normal

The info page "More Flags for Globbing" says that:

`GLOB_PERIOD'
     The `.' character (period) is treated special.  It cannot be
     matched by wildcards.  *Note Wildcard Matching::, `FNM_PERIOD'.

However, the implementation is actually the reverse of this, i.e.,
GLOB_PERIOD implies !FNM_PERIOD.  This is logical as POSIX demands
that FNM_PERIOD be the default.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux gondor 2.2.12 #2 Sat Sep 18 12:11:40 EST 1999 i586 unknown




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