Remove .* expressions from beginning and end of MATCHES regexs

All these expressions work the same:
  "foo"
  ".*foo.*"
  "^.*foo.*$"

This assumes that the "Intel*" expressions were meant to be "Intel.*".

32 files changed, 55 insertions, 55 deletions

diff --git a/CompileFlags.cmake b/CompileFlags.cmake
index 873af8f..a6ff8e0 100644
--- a/CompileFlags.cmake
+++ b/CompileFlags.cmake
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 #silence duplicate symbol warnings on AIX
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "AIX.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "AIX")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -bhalt:5 ")
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "IRIX.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "IRIX")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wl,-woff84 -no_auto_include")
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-woff15")
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include ")
   endif()
diff --git a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in
index 63f3f03..9fd0136 100644
--- a/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in
+++ b/Modules/BasicConfigVersion-ExactVersion.cmake.in
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
 
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION "@CVF_VERSION@")
 
-if("@CVF_VERSION@" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\..*") # strip the tweak version
+if("@CVF_VERSION@" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.") # strip the tweak version
   set(CVF_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
 else()
   set(CVF_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "@CVF_VERSION@")
 endif()
 
-if("${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\..*") # strip the tweak version
+if("${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}" MATCHES "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)\\.") # strip the tweak version
   set(REQUESTED_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
 else()
   set(REQUESTED_VERSION_NO_TWEAK "${PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION}")
diff --git a/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake b/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake
index eaddd04..0c733fa 100644
--- a/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake
+++ b/Modules/BundleUtilities.cmake
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function(get_bundle_main_executable bundle result_var)
         break()
       endif()
 
-      if(line MATCHES "^.*<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>.*$")
+      if(line MATCHES "<key>CFBundleExecutable</key>")
         set(line_is_main_executable 1)
       endif()
     endforeach()
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ endfunction()
 function(get_dotapp_dir exe dotapp_dir_var)
   set(s "${exe}")
 
-  if(s MATCHES "^.*/.*\\.app/.*$")
+  if(s MATCHES "/.*\\.app/")
     # If there is a ".app" parent directory,
     # ascend until we hit it:
     #   (typical of a Mac bundle executable)
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityCXX.cmake b/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityCXX.cmake
index 343fdb2..a3da2d6 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityCXX.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeBackwardCompatibilityCXX.cmake
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_SKIP_COMPATIBILITY_TESTS)
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     include(TestCXXAcceptsFlag)
     set(CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS "")
-    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "IRIX.*")
+    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "IRIX")
       set(CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS "-LANG:std")
     endif()
-    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF.*")
+    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF")
       set(CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS "-std strict_ansi -nopure_cname")
     endif()
     # if CMAKE_TRY_ANSI_CXX_FLAGS has something in it, see
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
index aa4cdc9..ace53ec 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCCompiler.cmake
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING  AND NOT _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
     elseif("${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
       set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET}-)
     elseif(COMPILER_BASENAME MATCHES "qcc(\\.exe)?$")
-      if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?.*$")
+      if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?")
         set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX nto${CMAKE_MATCH_1}-)
       endif()
     endif ()
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake
index ef8445e..7df9f65 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler.cmake
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING  AND NOT  _CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX)
     elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
       set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET}-)
     elseif(COMPILER_BASENAME MATCHES "QCC(\\.exe)?$")
-      if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?.*$")
+      if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET MATCHES "gcc_nto([^_le]+)(le)?")
         set(_CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_PREFIX nto${CMAKE_MATCH_1}-)
       endif()
     endif ()
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
index a8c89a4..8595b97 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI lang src)
         "Detecting ${lang} compiler ABI info compiled with the following output:\n${OUTPUT}\n\n")
       file(STRINGS "${BIN}" ABI_STRINGS LIMIT_COUNT 2 REGEX "INFO:[^[]*\\[")
       foreach(info ${ABI_STRINGS})
-        if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:sizeof_dptr\\[0*([^]]*)\\].*")
+        if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:sizeof_dptr\\[0*([^]]*)\\]")
           set(ABI_SIZEOF_DPTR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         endif()
-        if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:abi\\[([^]]*)\\].*")
+        if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:abi\\[([^]]*)\\]")
           set(ABI_NAME "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         endif()
       endforeach()
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
index 73cb92a..f109dc4 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
@@ -356,30 +356,30 @@ function(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_CHECK lang file)
       CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS LIMIT_COUNT 6 REGEX "INFO:")
     set(COMPILER_ID_TWICE)
     foreach(info ${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_STRINGS})
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:compiler\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:compiler\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         if(COMPILER_ID)
           set(COMPILER_ID_TWICE 1)
         endif()
         set(COMPILER_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:platform\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:platform\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         set(PLATFORM_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:arch\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:arch\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         set(ARCHITECTURE_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:compiler_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:compiler_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "^0+([0-9])" "\\1" COMPILER_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.0+([0-9])" ".\\1" COMPILER_VERSION "${COMPILER_VERSION}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:simulate\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:simulate\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         set(SIMULATE_ID "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:simulate_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\].*")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:simulate_version\\[([^]\"]*)\\]")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "^0+([0-9])" "\\1" SIMULATE_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.0+([0-9])" ".\\1" SIMULATE_VERSION "${SIMULATE_VERSION}")
       endif()
-      if("${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:qnxnto")
+      if("${info}" MATCHES "INFO:qnxnto")
         set(COMPILER_QNXNTO 1)
       endif()
     endforeach()
diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineFortranCompiler.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineFortranCompiler.cmake
index d38bf25..0eb75a2 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineFortranCompiler.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineFortranCompiler.cmake
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_RUN)
       ARGS ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_FLAGS_LIST} -E "\"${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/CMakeTestGNU.c\""
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT RETURN_VALUE CMAKE_COMPILER_RETURN)
     if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_RETURN)
-      if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*THIS_IS_GNU.*" )
+      if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "THIS_IS_GNU")
         set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID "GNU")
         file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/CMakeOutput.log
           "Determining if the Fortran compiler is GNU succeeded with "
@@ -141,10 +141,10 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID_RUN)
           "the following output:\n${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}\n\n")
       endif()
       if(NOT CMAKE_Fortran_PLATFORM_ID)
-        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*THIS_IS_MINGW.*" )
+        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "THIS_IS_MINGW")
           set(CMAKE_Fortran_PLATFORM_ID "MinGW")
         endif()
-        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*THIS_IS_CYGWIN.*" )
+        if("${CMAKE_COMPILER_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "THIS_IS_CYGWIN")
           set(CMAKE_Fortran_PLATFORM_ID "Cygwin")
         endif()
       endif()
diff --git a/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake b/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
index ad88e6b..2864b21 100644
--- a/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CPackRPM.cmake
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ endif()
 # to shut down warning about space in buildtree
 # some recent RPM version should support space in different places.
 # not checked [yet].
-if(CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY MATCHES ".* .*")
+if(CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY MATCHES " ")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "${RPMBUILD_EXECUTABLE} can't handle paths with spaces, use a build directory without spaces for building RPMs.")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake b/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
index 1cf9124..7a5c259 100644
--- a/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindBLAS.cmake
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "IBMESSL" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
 endif ()
 
 #BLAS in acml library?
-if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML.*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
  if( ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_LIB_DIRS)) OR
      ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_MP") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_MP_LIB_DIRS)) OR
      ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_GPU") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_GPU_LIB_DIRS))
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Generic" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
 endif ()
 
 #BLAS in intel mkl 10 library? (em64t 64bit)
-if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
  if (NOT WIN32)
   set(LM "-lm")
  endif ()
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
           "mkl_blas95 mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
 
         # mkl >= 10.3
-        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc.*")
+        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc")
           list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
             "mkl_blas95_lp64 mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_gnu_thread mkl_core gomp")
         else ()
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
           "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
 
         # mkl >= 10.3
-        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc.*")
+        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc")
           list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
             "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_gnu_thread mkl_core gomp")
         else ()
diff --git a/Modules/FindBoost.cmake b/Modules/FindBoost.cmake
index e894ba4..dfd4460 100644
--- a/Modules/FindBoost.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindBoost.cmake
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ if(Boost_INCLUDE_DIR)
   set(_Boost_VERSION_REGEX "([0-9]+)")
   set(_Boost_LIB_VERSION_REGEX "\"([0-9_]+)\"")
   foreach(v VERSION LIB_VERSION)
-    if("${_boost_VERSION_HPP_CONTENTS}" MATCHES ".*#define BOOST_${v} ${_Boost_${v}_REGEX}.*")
+    if("${_boost_VERSION_HPP_CONTENTS}" MATCHES "#define BOOST_${v} ${_Boost_${v}_REGEX}")
       set(Boost_${v} "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     endif()
   endforeach()
diff --git a/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake b/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake
index 94f82f6..c02809d 100644
--- a/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindCUDA.cmake
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ macro(CUDA_WRAP_SRCS cuda_target format generated_files)
   foreach(file ${ARGN})
     # Ignore any file marked as a HEADER_FILE_ONLY
     get_source_file_property(_is_header ${file} HEADER_FILE_ONLY)
-    if(${file} MATCHES ".*\\.cu$" AND NOT _is_header)
+    if(${file} MATCHES "\\.cu$" AND NOT _is_header)
 
       # Allow per source file overrides of the format.
       get_source_file_property(_cuda_source_format ${file} CUDA_SOURCE_PROPERTY_FORMAT)
diff --git a/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake b/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake
index 1aa5dcf..0d58e13 100644
--- a/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindHDF5.cmake
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ if( NOT HDF5_FOUND )
         list( APPEND HDF5_DEFINITIONS ${HDF5_${LANGUAGE}_DEFINITIONS} )
 
         # find the HDF5 include directories
-        if(${LANGUAGE} MATCHES "Fortran.*")
+        if(${LANGUAGE} MATCHES "Fortran")
             set(HDF5_INCLUDE_FILENAME hdf5.mod)
         else()
             set(HDF5_INCLUDE_FILENAME hdf5.h)
diff --git a/Modules/FindIcotool.cmake b/Modules/FindIcotool.cmake
index e29fe2e..a7c5a64 100644
--- a/Modules/FindIcotool.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindIcotool.cmake
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if(ICOTOOL_EXECUTABLE)
     ERROR_QUIET
     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
   )
-  if("${_icotool_version}" MATCHES "^icotool \\([^\\)]*\\) ([0-9\\.]+[^ \n]*).*")
+  if("${_icotool_version}" MATCHES "^icotool \\([^\\)]*\\) ([0-9\\.]+[^ \n]*)")
     set( ICOTOOL_VERSION_STRING
       "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}"
     )
diff --git a/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake b/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake
index 33f4f0c..87938c8 100644
--- a/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindLAPACK.cmake
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ endif ()
 
 
 #acml lapack
- if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML.*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
    if (BLAS_LIBRARIES MATCHES ".+acml.+")
      set (LAPACK_LIBRARIES ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
    endif ()
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Generic" OR
   endif ()
 endif ()
 #intel lapack
-if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel*" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
   if (NOT WIN32)
     set(LM "-lm")
   endif ()
diff --git a/Modules/FindQt.cmake b/Modules/FindQt.cmake
index e893c7a..98ba43d 100644
--- a/Modules/FindQt.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindQt.cmake
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ find_program(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT NAMES qmake PATHS "${QT_SEARCH_PATH}/bin
 if(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT)
   exec_program(${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT} ARGS "-query QT_VERSION"
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE QTVERSION)
-  if(QTVERSION MATCHES "4.*")
+  if(QTVERSION MATCHES "4")
     set(QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE ${QT_QMAKE_EXECUTABLE_FINDQT} CACHE PATH "Qt4 qmake program.")
     set(QT4_INSTALLED TRUE)
   endif()
diff --git a/Modules/FindQt3.cmake b/Modules/FindQt3.cmake
index 6cd12c6..4fc6829 100644
--- a/Modules/FindQt3.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindQt3.cmake
@@ -295,12 +295,12 @@ if(QT_UIC_EXECUTABLE)
 endif()
 
 set(_QT_UIC_VERSION_3 FALSE)
-if("${QTVERSION_UIC}" MATCHES ".* 3..*")
+if("${QTVERSION_UIC}" MATCHES " 3.")
   set(_QT_UIC_VERSION_3 TRUE)
 endif()
 
 set(_QT_MOC_VERSION_3 FALSE)
-if("${QTVERSION_MOC}" MATCHES ".* 3..*")
+if("${QTVERSION_MOC}" MATCHES " 3.")
   set(_QT_MOC_VERSION_3 TRUE)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Modules/FindSquish.cmake b/Modules/FindSquish.cmake
index 5cff122..4076521 100644
--- a/Modules/FindSquish.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindSquish.cmake
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ if(SQUISH_CLIENT_EXECUTABLE)
   execute_process(COMMAND "${SQUISH_CLIENT_EXECUTABLE}" --version
                   OUTPUT_VARIABLE _squishVersionOutput
                   ERROR_QUIET )
-  if("${_squishVersionOutput}" MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+).*$")
+  if("${_squishVersionOutput}" MATCHES "([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)")
     set(SQUISH_VERSION_MAJOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
     set(SQUISH_VERSION_MINOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
     set(SQUISH_VERSION_PATCH "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
diff --git a/Modules/FindThreads.cmake b/Modules/FindThreads.cmake
index 6d1c65d..b5cc67f 100644
--- a/Modules/FindThreads.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindThreads.cmake
@@ -162,12 +162,12 @@ if(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT)
     set(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT 1)
   endif()
 
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V*")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
     set(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT 0)
     set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT )
   endif()
 
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "CYGWIN_NT*")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "CYGWIN_NT")
     set(CMAKE_USE_PTHREADS_INIT 1)
     set(Threads_FOUND TRUE)
     set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT )
diff --git a/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake b/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake
index 75b0076..8cc382c 100644
--- a/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindZLIB.cmake
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if(ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}/zlib.h")
 
     # only append a TWEAK version if it exists:
     set(ZLIB_VERSION_TWEAK "")
-    if( "${ZLIB_H}" MATCHES "^.*ZLIB_VERSION \"[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+).*$")
+    if( "${ZLIB_H}" MATCHES "ZLIB_VERSION \"[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.([0-9]+)")
         set(ZLIB_VERSION_TWEAK "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
         set(ZLIB_VERSION_STRING "${ZLIB_VERSION_STRING}.${ZLIB_VERSION_TWEAK}")
     endif()
diff --git a/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake b/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
index 3c664e7..45596a0 100644
--- a/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindwxWidgets.cmake
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ if(wxWidgets_FIND_STYLE STREQUAL "win32")
 
     if(WX_LIB_DIR)
       # If building shared libs, define WXUSINGDLL to use dllimport.
-      if(WX_LIB_DIR MATCHES ".*[dD][lL][lL].*")
+      if(WX_LIB_DIR MATCHES "[dD][lL][lL]")
         set(wxWidgets_DEFINITIONS WXUSINGDLL)
         DBG_MSG_V("detected SHARED/DLL tree WX_LIB_DIR=${WX_LIB_DIR}")
       endif()
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ else()
       if(_wx_result EQUAL 0)
         foreach(_opt_name debug static unicode universal)
           string(TOUPPER ${_opt_name} _upper_opt_name)
-          if(_wx_selected_config MATCHES ".*${_opt_name}.*")
+          if(_wx_selected_config MATCHES "${_opt_name}")
             set(wxWidgets_DEFAULT_${_upper_opt_name} ON)
           else()
             set(wxWidgets_DEFAULT_${_upper_opt_name} OFF)
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake b/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake
index fc3f87e..df0756b 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/Darwin.cmake
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Make sure the combination of SDK and Deployment Target are allowed
 if(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET)
-  if("${_CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT_PATH}" MATCHES "^.*/MacOSX([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)[^/]*\\.sdk")
+  if("${_CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT_PATH}" MATCHES "/MacOSX([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)[^/]*\\.sdk")
     set(_sdk_ver "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
   elseif("${_CMAKE_OSX_SYSROOT_ORIG}" MATCHES "^macosx([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+)$")
     set(_sdk_ver "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/OSF1.cmake b/Modules/Platform/OSF1.cmake
index 9c3255e..f2ad612 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/OSF1.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/OSF1.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(CMAKE_DL_LIBS "")
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-1.[012]")
 endif()
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-1.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-1")
   # OSF/1 1.3 from OSF using ELF, and derivatives, including AD2
   set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIC "-fpic")
   set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIE "-fpie")
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_CREATE_C_FLAGS "-shared -Wl,-expect_unresolved,\\*")       # -shared
   if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_RUNTIME_CXX_FLAG "-Wl,-rpath,")
diff --git a/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake b/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake
index da20f97..aaa79c4 100644
--- a/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Platform/SunOS.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS-4.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "SunOS-4")
    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIC "-PIC")
    set(CMAKE_C_COMPILE_OPTIONS_PIE "-PIE")
    set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_C_FLAGS "-PIC")
diff --git a/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake b/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
index 23bf933..fa11585 100644
--- a/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
+++ b/Modules/UseSWIG.cmake
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ macro(SWIG_ADD_MODULE name language)
   set(swig_dot_i_sources)
   set(swig_other_sources)
   foreach(it ${ARGN})
-    if(${it} MATCHES ".*\\.i$")
+    if(${it} MATCHES "\\.i$")
       set(swig_dot_i_sources ${swig_dot_i_sources} "${it}")
     else()
       set(swig_other_sources ${swig_other_sources} "${it}")
diff --git a/Modules/UseVTKConfig40.cmake b/Modules/UseVTKConfig40.cmake
index 554b8c4..c5022e4 100644
--- a/Modules/UseVTKConfig40.cmake
+++ b/Modules/UseVTKConfig40.cmake
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ else()
   if(CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS)
     set(VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS "${VTK_REQUIRED_C_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_ANSI_CFLAGS}")
   endif()
-  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
      set(VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS
          "${VTK_REQUIRED_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include")
   endif()
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e60ed1..7d4e8b4 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
   set(CTEST_package_X11_TEST ${CTEST_TEST_CPACK})
   set(CTEST_RUN_CPackComponentsForAll ${CTEST_TEST_CPACK})
 
-  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES ".* .*")
+  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" AND NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES " ")
     find_program(RPMBUILD NAMES rpmbuild)
   endif()
   # Do not try to build RPM
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/bin/cmake -DDIR=dev -P ${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Utilities/Release
     if(APPLE)
       list(APPEND GENLST "DragNDrop")
     endif()
-    if (NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES ".* .*")
+    if (NOT CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR MATCHES " ")
       list(FIND ACTIVE_CPACK_GENERATORS "RPM" RPM_ACTIVE)
       if (NOT ${RPM_ACTIVE} EQUAL -1)
         list(APPEND GENLST "RPM")
diff --git a/Tests/Complex/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/Complex/CMakeLists.txt
index fcde44d..001ae56 100644
--- a/Tests/Complex/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/Complex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if(NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed: NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4")
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include ")
   endif()
diff --git a/Tests/ComplexOneConfig/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/ComplexOneConfig/CMakeLists.txt
index a4a0e0e..a908e11 100644
--- a/Tests/ComplexOneConfig/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/ComplexOneConfig/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ if(NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed: NOT 2.4 EQUAL 2.4")
 endif()
 
-if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V.*")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM MATCHES "OSF1-V")
   if(NOT CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
      set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -timplicit_local -no_implicit_include ")
   endif()
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageModeMakefileTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/FindPackageModeMakefileTest/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d1b376..8e21c32 100644
--- a/Tests/FindPackageModeMakefileTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageModeMakefileTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(UNIX  AND  "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Makefile")
                   ERROR_QUIET
                   TIMEOUT 10)
   string(TOUPPER "${makeVersionOutput}" MAKE_VERSION_OUTPUT)
-  if("${MAKE_VERSION_OUTPUT}" MATCHES ".*GNU MAKE.*")
+  if("${MAKE_VERSION_OUTPUT}" MATCHES "GNU MAKE")
 
     # build a library which we can search during the test
     add_library(foo STATIC foo.cpp)
diff --git a/Tests/PerConfig/perconfig.cmake b/Tests/PerConfig/perconfig.cmake
index 6a710ca..0731041 100644
--- a/Tests/PerConfig/perconfig.cmake
+++ b/Tests/PerConfig/perconfig.cmake
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ endif()
 # Verify that the implementation files are named correctly.
 foreach(lib pcStatic pcShared)
   file(STRINGS "${${lib}_file}" info LIMIT_COUNT 1 REGEX "INFO:[^[]*\\[")
-  if(NOT "${info}" MATCHES ".*INFO:symbol\\[${lib}\\].*")
+  if(NOT "${info}" MATCHES "INFO:symbol\\[${lib}\\]")
     message(SEND_ERROR "No INFO:symbol[${lib}] found in:\n  ${${lib}_file}")
   endif()
 endforeach()