The problem below still exists in rpm-3.0.2 on solaris/irix

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> 	  > Message-Id:
<199702051447.PAA10758@markka.daimi.aau.dk>
> 	  > From: Benedict Lofstedt <benedict@daimi.aau.dk>
> 	  > To: rpm-list@redhat.com
> 	  > Subject: rpm-2.3.3 globbing error
> 	  > Date: Wed, 5 Feb 1997 15:47:07 +0100 (MET)
> 	  >
> 	  > With rpm-2.3.3 under Solaris 2.5 I have a problem
with a set of files
> 	  > specified with wildcards like this:
> 	  >
> 	  >     /usr/local/gnu/lib/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/gcal.*
> 	  >     Globbing doesn't work properly.
>
>     A spec file which contains the following salient parts
>
> 	  Buildroot: /tmp/benedict/INSTALL-foo
>
> 	  %install
> 	  cd ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}
> 	  /bin/rm -rf *
> 	  for dir in foodir bardir; do
> 	    [ -d $dir ] || mkdir -p $dir
> 	    (cd $dir ;touch foo bar)
> 	  done
> 	  touch bar
> 	  find . -type f
>
> 	  %files
>
> 	  /*/*
>
>     gives
>
> 	  + find . -type f
> 	  ./foodir/foo
> 	  ./foodir/bar
> 	  ./bardir/foo
> 	  ./bardir/bar
> 	  ./bar
> 	  + exit 0
> 	  [...snip...]
> 	  No matches: /tmp/benedict/INSTALL-foo/*/*
>
>     If the file ./bar is not created, the problem goes
away.