Allow dots in the names, bug #95173. Patch by Kerin Millar. diff -urN debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.8 debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.8 --- debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.8 2004-12-10 17:10:37.000000000 +0000 +++ debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.8 2005-07-12 00:47:44.000000000 +0100 @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ Other files and directories are silently ignored. If the \-\-lsbsysinit option is not given then the names must consist -entirely of upper and lower case letters, digits, underscores, and -hyphens. +entirely of upper and lower case letters, digits, underscores, hyphens +and periods. However, the name must not begin with a period. If the \-\-lsbsysinit option is given, then the names must not end in .dpkg\-old or .dpkg\-dist or .dpkg\-new or .dpkg\-tmp, and must diff -urN debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.c debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.c --- debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.c 2005-02-20 04:25:49.000000000 +0000 +++ debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.c 2005-07-12 00:47:25.000000000 +0100 @@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ return !regexec(&tradre, c, 0, NULL, 0); } else { - if (regcomp(&classicalre, "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$", REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB)) { + if (regcomp(&classicalre, "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-][a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$", REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB)) { error("regex failure"); exit(1); }