Use 'search', not 'match', on filename pattern regexes.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/dist.py b/Lib/distutils/command/dist.py
index cdd4dfc..2e4aacd 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/dist.py
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
files = []
for file in allfiles:
for (include,regexp) in act_patterns:
- if regexp.match (file):
+ if regexp.search (file):
if include:
files.append (file)
break # continue to next file
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
regexp = re.compile (fnmatch.translate (pattern))
for i in range (len (self.files)-1, -1, -1):
- if regexp.match (self.files[i]):
+ if regexp.search (self.files[i]):
del self.files[i]