1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/IkiWiki.pm b/IkiWiki.pm
index e260fffea..e8c0c7abc 100644
--- a/IkiWiki.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki.pm
@@ -1837,6 +1837,8 @@ sub pagespec_match_list ($$;@) {
 	my $spec=shift;
 	my @params=@_;
 
+	return @$pages if $spec eq '*'; # optimisation
+
 	my $sub=pagespec_translate($spec);
 	error "syntax error in pagespec \"$spec\""
 		if $@ || ! defined $sub;