diff -ur apr-1.4.4-orig/strings/apr_fnmatch.c apr-1.4.4/strings/apr_fnmatch.c
--- apr-1.4.4-orig/strings/apr_fnmatch.c	2011-05-03 06:51:24.000000000 +0200
+++ apr-1.4.4/strings/apr_fnmatch.c	2011-05-19 20:50:52.042450131 +0200
@@ -196,8 +196,11 @@
     const char *mismatch = NULL;
     int matchlen = 0;
 
-    while (*pattern)
-    {
+    if (*pattern == '*')
+			goto firstsegment;
+
+	while (*pattern && *string)
+	{
         /* Match balanced slashes, starting a new segment pattern
          */
         if (slash && escape && (*pattern == '\\') && (pattern[1] == '/'))
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@
             ++string;
         }            
 
+firstsegment:
         /* At the beginning of each segment, validate leading period behavior.
          */
         if ((flags & APR_FNM_PERIOD) && (*string == '.'))
@@ -361,9 +365,9 @@
             return APR_FNM_NOMATCH;
     }
 
-    /* pattern is at EOS; if string is also, declare success
+    /* Where both pattern and string are at EOS, declare success
      */
-    if (!*string)
+    if (!*string && !*pattern)
         return 0;
 
     /* pattern didn't match to the end of string */
Tylko w apr-1.4.4/strings: apr_fnmatch.c~