Index: contrib/one-true-awk/b.c
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--- contrib/one-true-awk/b.c	(revision 305306)
+++ contrib/one-true-awk/b.c	(working copy)
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@
 				if (cc->cc_name != NULL && prestr[1 + cc->cc_namelen] == ':' &&
 				    prestr[2 + cc->cc_namelen] == ']') {
 					prestr += cc->cc_namelen + 3;
-					for (i = 0; i < NCHARS; i++) {
+					for (i = 1; i < NCHARS; i++) {
 						if (!adjbuf((char **) &buf, &bufsz, bp-buf+1, 100, (char **) &bp, "relex2"))
 						    FATAL("out of space for reg expr %.10s...", lastre);
 						if (cc->cc_func(i)) {