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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-06-13 23:38:32 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2007-06-13 23:38:32 +0000
commit2f62f00b5f3182d7d79f2b4c17524bc89703feaf (patch)
tree4b0b4587126d9b048a0c0f4d2971e05968776942 /Build
parent421141013befb689e7965c198641b6b7a9c18566 (diff)
comma is not deprecated for brace elements, in my mind anyway
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@4429 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.in17
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
index b03a290aa25..6839e9a9d71 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-06-14 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
+
+ * texmf.in: doc fix ({a,b} is not deprecated).
+
2007-05-19 Karl Berry <karl@tug.org>
* texmf.in (SYSTEXMF): add TEXMFSYSVAR (thread around 7mar07).
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.in b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.in
index 6e649ce298f..10f1daed3a6 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.in
+++ b/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/texmf.in
@@ -33,17 +33,14 @@
%
% // means to search subdirectories (recursively).
% A leading !! means to look only in the ls-R db, never on the disk.
-% A leading/trailing/doubled ; in the paths will be expanded into the
-% compile-time default. Probably not what you want.
+% In this file, either ; or : can be used to separate path components.
+% A leading/trailing/doubled path separator in the paths will be
+% expanded into the compile-time default. Probably not what you want.
%
-% You can use brace notation, for example: /usr/local/{mytex:othertex}
-% expands to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex. Instead of the path
-% separator you can use a comma: /usr/local/{mytex,othertex} also expands
-% to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex. However, the use of the comma
-% instead of the path separator is deprecated.
-%
-% The text above assumes thet path separator is a colon (:). Non-UNIX
-% systems use different path separators, like the semicolon (;).
+% You can use brace notation, for example: /usr/local/{mytex,othertex}
+% expands to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex. Instead of the comma
+% you can use the path separator: /usr/local/{mytex:othertex} also expands
+% to /usr/local/mytex:/usr/local/othertex.
% Part 1: Search paths and directories.