Index: includes/path.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/includes/path.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.54
diff -u -p -r1.54 path.inc
--- includes/path.inc	17 Dec 2009 13:10:18 -0000	1.54
+++ includes/path.inc	27 Dec 2009 17:31:18 -0000
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ function drupal_match_path($path, $patte
   $regexps = &drupal_static(__FUNCTION__);
 
   if (!isset($regexps[$patterns])) {
-    $regexps[$patterns] = '/^(' . preg_replace(array('/(\r\n?|\n)/', '/\\\\\*/', '/(^|\|)\\\\<front\\\\>($|\|)/'), array('|', '.*', '\1' . preg_quote(variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node'), '/') . '\2'), preg_quote($patterns, '/')) . ')$/';
+    $regexps[$patterns] = '/^(' . preg_replace(array('/(\r\n?|\n)/', '/\\\\\*/', '/(^|\|)\\\\<front\\\\>($|\|)/'), array('|', '.*', '\{1}' . preg_quote(variable_get('site_frontpage', 'node'), '/') . '\2'), preg_quote($patterns, '/')) . ')$/';
   }
   return (bool)preg_match($regexps[$patterns], $path);
 }