- /* FIXME: use this instead: V_STRDUP (spec, spec_arg); */
- spec_len = strlen (spec_arg);
- spec = (char *) alloca (strlen (spec_arg) + 1);
- strcpy (spec, spec_arg);
+ V_STRDUP (spec, spec_arg);
+
+ /* Find the POSIX `:' separator if there is one. */
+ separator = strchr (spec, ':');
+
+ /* If there is no colon, then see if there's a `.'. */
+ if (separator == NULL && posix2_version () < 200112)
+ {
+ dot = strchr (spec, '.');
+ /* If there's no colon but there is a `.', then first look up the
+ whole spec, in case it's an OWNER name that includes a dot.
+ If that fails, then we'll try again, but interpreting the `.'
+ as a separator. */
+ /* FIXME: accepting `.' as the separator is contrary to POSIX.
+ someday we should drop support for this. */
+ if (dot)
+ maybe_retry = 1;
+ }