diff -Naur unbound-1.2.0/validator/val_anchor.c unbound-1.2.0.new/validator/val_anchor.c
--- unbound-1.2.0/validator/val_anchor.c	2009-01-07 07:24:34.000000000 -0500
+++ unbound-1.2.0.new/validator/val_anchor.c	2009-01-20 17:31:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -718,7 +718,8 @@
 			log_err("wildcard trusted-keys-file %s: expansion "
 				"failed (%s)", pat, strerror(errno));
 		}
-		return 0;
+		/* ignore globs that yield no files */
+		return 1;
 	}
 	/* process files found, if any */
 	for(i=0; i<(size_t)g.gl_pathc; i++) {