Index: common/expr.c
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--- common/expr.c	(revision 1802)
+++ common/expr.c	(working copy)
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   /* look for an alpha+alphanumeric* string */
   if (!my_isalpha(str[*ptr]))
     return NULL;
-  while (my_isalphanum(str[*ptr]))
+  while (my_isalphanum(str[*ptr])||(str[*ptr]==';'))
   {
     if ((size_t)i>=buflen)
       return NULL;