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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Copyright 2003 Vladimir Prus
+# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
+# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+# Regression test: when directory of project root contained regex
+# metacharacters, Boost.Build failed to work. Bug reported by Michael Stevens.
+
+import BoostBuild
+
+t = BoostBuild.Tester()
+
+t.write("bad[abc]dirname/jamfile.jam", """
+""")
+
+t.write("bad[abc]dirname/jamroot.jam", """
+""")
+
+t.run_build_system(subdir="bad[abc]dirname")
+
+t.cleanup()