Author: jilles
Date: Sun May  7 19:52:56 2017
New Revision: 317913
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/317913

Log:
  glob: Fix comment about collapsing asterisks after r317749.
  
  After r317749, collapsing adjacent asterisks is still required, but for a
  different reason.

Modified:
  head/lib/libc/gen/glob.c

Modified: head/lib/libc/gen/glob.c
==============================================================================
--- head/lib/libc/gen/glob.c    Sun May  7 19:49:46 2017        (r317912)
+++ head/lib/libc/gen/glob.c    Sun May  7 19:52:56 2017        (r317913)
@@ -581,7 +581,8 @@ glob0(const Char *pattern, glob_t *pglob
                case STAR:
                        pglob->gl_flags |= GLOB_MAGCHAR;
                        /* collapse adjacent stars to one,
-                        * to avoid exponential behavior
+                        * to ensure "**" at the end continues to match the
+                        * empty string
                         */
                        if (bufnext == patbuf || bufnext[-1] != M_ALL)
                            *bufnext++ = M_ALL;
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