--- loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2008/02/13 14:18:59	1.230
+++ loncom/publisher/lonpublisher.pm	2008/03/18 23:31:31	1.232
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Publication Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.230 2008/02/13 14:18:59 bisitz Exp $
+# $Id: lonpublisher.pm,v 1.232 2008/03/18 23:31:31 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -964,18 +964,23 @@ sub publish {
     
 	$scrout.='<h3>'.&mt('Dependencies').'</h3>';
         my $allowstr='';
-        foreach (sort(keys(%allow))) {
-	   my $thisdep=$_;
+        foreach my $thisdep (sort(keys(%allow))) {
 	   if ($thisdep !~ /[^\s]/) { next; }
+           if ($thisdep =~/\$/) {
+              $scrout.='<br /><span class="LC_warning">'
+                       .&mt('The resource depends on another resource with variable filename, i.e., [_1].','<tt>'.$thisdep.'</tt>').'<br />'
+                       .&mt('You likely need to explicitly allow access to all possible dependencies using the [_1]-tag.','<tt>&lt;allow&gt;</tt>')
+                       .'</span><br />';
+           }
            unless ($style eq 'rat') { 
               $allowstr.="\n".'<allow src="'.$thisdep.'" />';
 	   }
            $scrout.='<br />';
-           if ($thisdep!~/\*/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
+           if ($thisdep!~/[\*\$]/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
 	       $scrout.='<a href="'.$thisdep.'">';
            }
            $scrout.='<tt>'.$thisdep.'</tt>';
-           if ($thisdep!~/\*/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
+           if ($thisdep!~/[\*\$]/ && $thisdep!~m|^/adm/|) {
 	       $scrout.='</a>';
                if (
        &Apache::lonnet::getfile($Apache::lonnet::perlvar{'lonDocRoot'}.'/'.