Index: src/port1.0/portlint.tcl
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--- src/port1.0/portlint.tcl	(revision 35355)
+++ src/port1.0/portlint.tcl	(working copy)
@@ -475,8 +475,8 @@
 
     if {[info exists patchfiles]} {
         foreach patchfile $patchfiles {
-            if {![string match "patch-*.diff" $patchfile] && [file exists "$portpath/files/$patchfile"]} {
-                ui_warn "Patchfile $patchfile does not follow the source patch naming policy \"patch-*.diff\""
+            if {![string match "patch-*" $patchfile] && [file exists "$portpath/files/$patchfile"]} {
+                ui_warn "Patchfile $patchfile does not follow the source patch naming policy \"patch-*\""
                 incr warnings
             }
         }