1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/MyProxy.pl b/MyProxy.pl
index f7af9fb..df1cda4 100755
--- a/MyProxy.pl
+++ b/MyProxy.pl
@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ sub subptn2re {
 
 sub ptn2re {
   my ($pat)=@_;
-  $pat=~s|([.\@\%\$?+])|\\$1|g;              # quote specials
+  $pat=~s|([.\@\%\$+])|\\$1|g;               # quote specials
+  $pat=~s|([^(])(\?)|$1\\$2|g;                    # quote some question marks
   $pat=~s|/+|/+|g;                           # turn slashes into "/+"
   $pat=~s:(\\.|[^*\\]|\*+):subptn2re($1):ge; # expand wildcards
-  return qr{^$pat$};
+  my $ret=eval{qr{^$pat$}};
+  return if $@;
+  return $ret;
 }
 
 my %ACTIONS=(
@@ -68,7 +71,8 @@ sub addPattern {
     $addPatternLogger->error("Unknown action $action, skipping");
     return;
   }
-  push @PATTERNS,[ptn2re($match),@{$ACTIONS{$action}},@parms];
+  my $re=ptn2re($match);
+  push @PATTERNS,[$re,@{$ACTIONS{$action}},@parms] if $re;
 }
 
 my $loadPatternsLogger=Log::Log4perl->get_logger('MyProxy.load.loadPatterns');