1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Src/pattern.c b/Src/pattern.c
index 05dcb2943..4e5e8a110 100644
--- a/Src/pattern.c
+++ b/Src/pattern.c
@@ -1405,7 +1405,16 @@ patcomppiece(int *flagp, int paren)
 		starter = patnode(P_ANYBUT);
 	    } else
 		starter = patnode(P_ANYOF);
-	    if (*patparse == Outbrack) {
+	    /*
+	     * []...] means match a "]" or other included characters.
+	     * However, to be a bit helpful and for compatibility
+	     * with other shells, don't take in that sense if
+	     * there's no further "]".  That's still imperfect,
+	     * but it's all we can do --- we're required to
+	     * treat [$var]*[$var]with empty var as [ ... ]
+	     * containing "]*[".
+	     */
+	    if (*patparse == Outbrack && strchr(patparse+1, Outbrack)) {
 		patparse++;
 		patadd(NULL, ']', 1, PA_NOALIGN);
 	    }