--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2015/04/19 20:34:25	1.1284
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2015/05/13 20:38:31	1.1285
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1284 2015/04/19 20:34:25 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1285 2015/05/13 20:38:31 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -12726,10 +12726,11 @@ BEGIN {
                 my $item = $token->[1];
                 my $name = $token->[2]{'name'};
                 my $value = $token->[2]{'value'};
-                if ($item ne '' && $name ne '' && $value ne '') {
+                my $valuematch = $token->[2]{'valuematch'};
+                if ($item ne '' && $name ne '' && ($value ne '' || $valuematch ne '')) {
                     my $release = $parser->get_text();
                     $release =~ s/(^\s*|\s*$ )//gx;
-                    $needsrelease{$item.':'.$name.':'.$value} = $release;
+                    $needsrelease{$item.':'.$name.':'.$value.':'.$valuematch} = $release;
                 }
             }
         }