Error message for invalid config selector incorrectly refers to script as error source

[sav-che]

Bug report

Wrong error message appears when trying to use breaking withName: '*' or "*" in a .config file. Instead error points to .nf file

Expected behavior

Error pointing to .config file.

Steps to reproduce the problem

Make a nextflow.config like below and run any workflow nextflow run main.nf -profile test

profiles {
    test {
        process {
            withName: '*' {
                cpus = 1
            }
        }
    }
}

Program output

ERROR ~ Dangling meta character '*' near index 0
*
^

 -- Check script 'main.nf' at line: 98 or see '.nextflow.log' file for more details

(There is no * at line 98 of main.nf)

Environment

• Nextflow version: 25.10.0
• Operating system: Linux
• Bash version: 4.4.20(1)-release

[bentsherman]

The error seems to depend on the script. I tried with a minimal script and got a better error:

$ cat nextflow.config 
profiles {
    test {
        process {
            withName: '*' {
                cpus = 1
            }
        }
    }
}

$ cat main.nf
process test {
    script:
    '''
    '''
}

workflow {
}

$ nextflow run main.nf -profile test

ERROR ~ Dangling meta character '*' near index 0
*
^

 -- Check '.nextflow.log' file for details