Index: IvyResolveJob.java
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--- IvyResolveJob.java	(revision 724781)
+++ IvyResolveJob.java	(working copy)
@@ -451,8 +451,10 @@
             RetrieveOptions c = new RetrieveOptions().setConfs(confs);
             c.setSync(conf.getInheritedRetrieveSync());
             c.setConfs(conf.getInheritedRetrieveConfs().split(","));
-            c.setArtifactFilter(new ArtifactTypeFilter(IvyClasspathUtil.split(conf
-                    .getInheritedRetrieveTypes())));
+            String inheritedRetrieveTypes = conf.getInheritedRetrieveTypes();
+            if((inheritedRetrieveTypes != null) && (false == inheritedRetrieveTypes.contains("*"))){
+                c.setArtifactFilter(new ArtifactTypeFilter(IvyClasspathUtil.split(inheritedRetrieveTypes)));
+            }
             ivy.retrieve(md.getModuleRevisionId(), pattern, c);
         }
     }