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Bug#757551: and while we are at it...



Quoting Russ Allbery (2014-08-09 22:15:38)
> Johannes Schauer <j.schauer@email.de> writes:
> 
> > and while we are at it, also warn if the wildcards match a file in more
> > than one stanza.
> 
> That's common and explicitly permitted by the format.  Last match wins.
> 
>     Multiple Files paragraphs are allowed.  The last paragraph that
>     matches a particular file applies to it.  More general paragraphs
>     should therefore be given first, followed by more specific overrides.

you are right. I should not've posted this in a rush. It is of course useful to
first write a wildcard with the default license and then specify some
exceptions.


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