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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/filelist.py b/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
index 6522e69f06..c92d5fdba3 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/filelist.py
@@ -302,21 +302,26 @@ def translate_pattern(pattern, anchor=1, prefix=None, is_regex=0):
else:
return pattern
+ # ditch start and end characters
+ start, _, end = glob_to_re('_').partition('_')
+
if pattern:
pattern_re = glob_to_re(pattern)
+ assert pattern_re.startswith(start) and pattern_re.endswith(end)
else:
pattern_re = ''
if prefix is not None:
- # ditch end of pattern character
- empty_pattern = glob_to_re('')
- prefix_re = glob_to_re(prefix)[:-len(empty_pattern)]
+ prefix_re = glob_to_re(prefix)
+ assert prefix_re.startswith(start) and prefix_re.endswith(end)
+ prefix_re = prefix_re[len(start): len(prefix_re) - len(end)]
sep = os.sep
if os.sep == '\\':
sep = r'\\'
- pattern_re = "^" + sep.join((prefix_re, ".*" + pattern_re))
+ pattern_re = pattern_re[len(start): len(pattern_re) - len(end)]
+ pattern_re = r'%s\A%s%s.*%s%s' % (start, prefix_re, sep, pattern_re, end)
else: # no prefix -- respect anchor flag
if anchor:
- pattern_re = "^" + pattern_re
+ pattern_re = r'%s\A%s' % (start, pattern_re[len(start):])
return re.compile(pattern_re)