diff -urN debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.8 debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.8
--- debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.8	2004-12-10 17:10:37.000000000 +0000
+++ debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.8	2005-07-12 00:47:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 Other files and directories are silently ignored.
 
 If the \-\-lsbsysinit option is not given then the names must consist
-entirely of upper and lower case letters, digits, underscores, and
-hyphens.                           
+entirely of upper and lower case letters, digits, underscores, hyphens
+and periods.                           
                                                                                 
 If the \-\-lsbsysinit option is given, then the names must not end
 in .dpkg\-old  or .dpkg\-dist or .dpkg\-new or .dpkg\-tmp, and must
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@
 Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Guy Maor
 .P
 Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004 Clint Adams
+.P
+Copyright (C) 2005 Gentoo Technologies
 
 .B run\-parts
 is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2 or
diff -urN debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.c debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.c
--- debianutils-2.14.1/run-parts.c	2005-02-20 04:25:49.000000000 +0000
+++ debianutils-2.14.1-r1/run-parts.c	2005-07-12 00:47:25.000000000 +0100
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 1996 Jeff Noxon <jeff@router.patch.net>,
  * Copyright (C) 1996-1999 Guy Maor <maor@debian.org>
  * Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
+ * Copyright (C) 2005 Gentoo Foundation <base-system@gentoo.org>
  *
  * This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2
  * or later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
 	  "\nCopyright (C) 1994 Ian Jackson, Copyright (C) 1996 Jeff Noxon.\n"
 	  "Copyright (C) 1996,1997,1998,1999 Guy Maor\n"
 	  "Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Clint Adams\n"
+	  "Copyright (C) 2005 Gentoo Foundation\n"
 	  "This is free software; see the GNU General Public License version 2\n"
 	  "or later for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty.\n");
   exit(0);
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@
     return !regexec(&tradre, c, 0, NULL, 0);
   }
   else {
-    if (regcomp(&classicalre, "^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$", REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB)) {
+    if (regcomp(&classicalre, "^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$", REG_EXTENDED | REG_NOSUB)) {
       error("regex failure");
       exit(1);
     }