Index: smallapp/unbound-checkconf.c
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--- smallapp/unbound-checkconf.c	(revision 1404)
+++ smallapp/unbound-checkconf.c	(working copy)
@@ -258,7 +258,9 @@
 {
 	struct config_strlist* p;
 	for(p=list; p; p=p->next) {
-		check_chroot_string(desc, &p->str, chrootdir, cfg);
+		/* skip wildcard checks, may fail */
+		if(strstr(p->str,"*") == NULL)
+		     check_chroot_string(desc, &p->str, chrootdir, cfg);
 	}
 }