--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2010-05-06  Sergey Poznyakoff  <gray@gnu.org.ua>
+
+	exclude: Unescape hashed patterns in wildcard mode.
+	* lib/exclude.c (add_exclude): Unescape the pattern before adding it
+	to the hash list.
+	* tests/test-exclude8.sh: New test case.
+	* modules/exclude-tests: Add new test.
+
 2010-05-05  Eric Blake  <eblake@redhat.com>
 
 	verify: automate tests

--- a/lib/exclude.c
+++ b/lib/exclude.c
@@ -134,6 +134,26 @@
   return false;
 }
 
+static void
+unescape_pattern (char *str)
+{
+  int inset = 0;
+  char *q = str;
+  do
+    {
+      if (inset)
+	{
+	  if (*q == ']')
+	    inset = 0;
+	}
+      else if (*q == '[')
+	inset = 1;
+      else if (*q == '\\')
+	q++;
+    }
+  while ((*str++ = *q++));
+}
+
 /* Return a newly allocated and empty exclude list.  */
 
 struct exclude *
@@ -480,6 +500,8 @@
         seg = new_exclude_segment (ex, exclude_hash, options);
 
       str = xstrdup (pattern);
+      if (options & EXCLUDE_WILDCARDS)
+	unescape_pattern (str);
       p = hash_insert (seg->v.table, str);
       if (p != str)
         free (str);

--- a/modules/exclude-tests
+++ b/modules/exclude-tests
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 tests/test-exclude5.sh
 tests/test-exclude6.sh
 tests/test-exclude7.sh
+tests/test-exclude8.sh
 
 Depends-on:
 progname
@@ -21,7 +22,8 @@
  test-exclude4.sh\
  test-exclude5.sh\
  test-exclude6.sh\
- test-exclude7.sh
+ test-exclude7.sh\
+ test-exclude8.sh
 
 check_PROGRAMS += test-exclude
 test_exclude_LDADD = $(LDADD) @LIBINTL@

new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test-exclude8.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+# Test suite for exclude.
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This file is part of the GNUlib Library.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+TMP=excltmp.$$
+LIST=flist.$$
+ERR=0
+
+# Test escaped metacharacters.
+
+cat > $LIST <<'EOT'
+f\*e
+b[a\*]r
+EOT
+
+cat > $TMP <<'EOT'
+f*e: 1
+file: 0
+bar: 1
+EOT
+
+./test-exclude$EXEEXT -wildcards $LIST -- 'f*e' 'file' 'bar' |
+ tr -d '\015' | diff -c $TMP - || ERR=1
+
+rm -f $TMP $LIST
+exit $ERR