--- mc-4.6.2~git20080311/edit/editcmd.c.orig	2008-06-23 02:22:30.000000000 +0200
+++ mc-4.6.2~git20080311/edit/editcmd.c	2008-06-23 02:23:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -1570,7 +1570,8 @@
 	    g_free (old_pattern);
 	    old_pattern = 0;
 	}
-	if (regcomp (&r, pattern, REG_EXTENDED | (icase ? REG_ICASE : 0))) {
+	if (regcomp (&r, pattern, REG_EXTENDED | (icase ? REG_ICASE : 0) |
+	    REG_NEWLINE)) {
 	    *found_len = 0;
 	    return -3;
 	}