E2E specs parameter has no effect

[alan-agius4]

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Versions

Angular CLI: 7.0.0-rc.2
Node: 10.10.0
OS: darwin x64
Angular: 6.0.4
... animations, common, compiler, compiler-cli, core, forms
... http, language-service, platform-browser
... platform-browser-dynamic, router

Package                            Version
------------------------------------------------------------
@angular-devkit/architect          0.9.0-rc.2
@angular-devkit/build-angular      0.9.0-rc.2
@angular-devkit/build-ng-packagr   0.8.4
@angular-devkit/build-optimizer    0.9.0-rc.2
@angular-devkit/build-webpack      0.9.0-rc.2
@angular-devkit/core               7.0.0-rc.2
@angular-devkit/schematics         7.0.0-rc.2
@angular/cdk                       6.2.1
@angular/cli                       7.0.0-rc.2
@angular/flex-layout               6.0.0-beta.16
@angular/material                  6.2.1
@ngtools/json-schema               1.1.0
@ngtools/webpack                   7.0.0-rc.2
@schematics/angular                7.0.0-rc.2
@schematics/update                 0.9.0-rc.2
ng-packagr                         3.0.6
rxjs                               6.2.0
typescript                         2.8.4
webpack                            4.19.1

Repro steps

1. Rename app.e2e-spec.ts to app.e2e.spec.ts
2. Run ng e2e --specs=src/**/*.e2e.spec.ts

The log given by the failure

[12:41:47] E/launcher - Spec patterns did not match any files.
[12:41:47] E/launcher - Error: Spec patterns did not match any files.
    at Runner.run (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/protractor/built/runner.js:322:19)
    at TaskRunner.run (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/protractor/built/taskRunner.js:110:27)
    at createNextTaskRunner (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/protractor/built/launcher.js:235:28)
    at helper.runFilenameOrFn_.then.then.then (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/protractor/built/launcher.js:260:13)
    at _fulfilled (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/q/q.js:834:54)
    at /Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/q/q.js:863:30
    at Promise.promise.promiseDispatch (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/q/q.js:796:13)
    at /Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/q/q.js:604:44
    at runSingle (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/q/q.js:137:13)
    at flush (/Users/alan/git/repos/seven-test-rc-one/node_modules/q/q.js:125:13)
[12:41:47] E/launcher - Process exited with error code 199

Desired functionality

Specs gets picked up by protoactor based on the parameter provided.

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