Index: softmagic.c
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RCS file: /p/file/cvsroot/file/src/softmagic.c,v
retrieving revision 1.91
retrieving revision 1.95
diff -u -r1.91 -r1.95
--- softmagic.c	18 Jan 2007 05:29:33 -0000	1.91
+++ softmagic.c	3 Mar 2007 19:09:25 -0000	1.95
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 
 #ifndef	lint
-FILE_RCSID("@(#)$File: softmagic.c,v 1.91 2007/01/18 05:29:33 ljt Exp $")
+FILE_RCSID("@(#)$File: softmagic.c,v 1.95 2007/03/03 19:09:25 christos Exp $")
 #endif	/* lint */
 
 private int match(struct magic_set *, struct magic *, uint32_t,
@@ -1523,10 +1523,20 @@
 		}
 		else {
 			regmatch_t pmatch[1];
+#ifndef REG_STARTEND
+#define	REG_STARTEND	0
+			size_t l = ms->search.s_len - 1;
+			char c = ms->search.s[l];
+			((char *)(intptr_t)ms->search.s)[l] = '\0';
+#else
 			pmatch[0].rm_so = 0;
 			pmatch[0].rm_eo = ms->search.s_len;
+#endif
 			rc = regexec(&rx, (const char *)ms->search.s,
 			    1, pmatch, REG_STARTEND);
+#if REG_STARTEND == 0
+			((char *)(intptr_t)ms->search.s)[l] = c;
+#endif
 			switch (rc) {
 			case 0:
 				ms->search.s += (int)pmatch[0].rm_so;