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Re: [Groff] search order of tmac directories
From: |
Werner LEMBERG |
Subject: |
Re: [Groff] search order of tmac directories |
Date: |
Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:47:40 +0200 (CEST) |
> > 1. directories given with the -M command line option
> > 2. directories given in the GROFF_TMAC_PATH environment variable
> > 3. the current directory (only if in unsafe mode)
> > 4. the home directory
> > 5. a site-dependent directory, e.g. /usr/local/lib/groff/site-tmac
> > 6. a local directory, e.g. /usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac
> > 7. the standard directory, e.g. /usr/local/share/groff/1.19.3/tmac
> >
> > I think there is a logical error, and 5 should be exchanged with 6 to
> > have an order with the decreasing priority.
> >
> > If noone objects, I'll reverse it accordingly.
>
> I'm guessing that the logic is that 6 and 7 are both rooted in
> /usr/local/share and 5 is not. To me that seems logical.
Not really. IMHO, files in the local directory are `more local' than
files in the site-dependent directory; for example,
/usr/local/lib/groff/site-tmac could contain macro packages which are
essential to a platform (e.g., default adaptions to EBCDIC encoding),
while /usr/local/share/groff/site-tmac contain optional stuff for
everyone.
Werner