diff -urN conflib-0.4.5.orig/src/cl_alist.c conflib-0.4.5/src/cl_alist.c
--- conflib-0.4.5.orig/src/cl_alist.c	Fri Oct  9 19:03:57 1998
+++ conflib-0.4.5/src/cl_alist.c	Tue Jul 25 10:58:11 2000
@@ -65,8 +65,15 @@
 	int count;
 	char **array;
 
-	if (!st)
-		return NULL;
+        if (!st) {
+                conf->in_scanmode = 1;
+                cl_getstanza (conf, NULL, NULL, 0, NULL);
+                conf->in_scanmode = 0;
+                st=conf->stanzas;
+                if (!st)
+                    return NULL;
+        }
+
 	for (count=0,st=conf->stanzas;st!=NULL;st=st->next)
 	{
 		if (0==cl_fnmatch_casefold(pattern, st->stanzaname))