File ghostscript-8.64-P-use.dif of Package ghostscript-library
--- doc/Use.htm
+++ doc/Use.htm 2010-06-02 11:02:47.000000000 +0200
@@ -833,8 +833,8 @@ file name specifies an absolute path.
using the name given. Otherwise it tries directories in this order:
<ol>
-<li>The current directory (unless disabled by the
-<a href="#P-_switch"><code>-P-</code> switch</a>);
+<li>The current directory only if enabled by the
+<a href="#P_switch"><code>-P</code> switch</a>;
<li>The directories specified by <a href="#I_switch"><code>-I</code>
switches</a> in the command line, if any;
@@ -857,13 +857,14 @@ into the executable ;
directory or a list of directories separated by a character appropriate for
the operating system ("<code>:</code>" on Unix systems,
"<code>,</code>" on VMS systems, and
-"<code>;</code>" on MS Windows systems). We think that trying
-the current directory first is a very bad idea -- it opens serious security
-loopholes and can lead to very confusing errors if one has more than one
-version of Ghostscript in one's environment -- but when we attempted to
-change it, users insisted that we change it back. You can disable looking
-in the current directory first by using the
-<a href="#P_switch"><code>-P-</code> switch</a>.
+"<code>;</code>" on MS Windows systems).
+
+<p>
+Trying the current directory first is a very bad idea -- it opens serious
+security loopholes and can lead to very confusing errors if one has more
+than one version of Ghostscript in one's environment.
+You can enable looking in the current directory first by using the
+<a href="#P_switch"><code>-P</code> switch</a>.
<p>
Note that Ghostscript does not use this file searching algorithm for the
@@ -2071,14 +2072,14 @@ for library files.
<dl>
<dt><a name="P_switch"></a><code>-P</code>
<dd>Makes Ghostscript look first in the current directory for library
-files. This is currently the default.
+files.
</dl>
<dl>
<dt><a name="P-_switch"></a><code>-P-</code>
<dd>Makes Ghostscript <b><em>not</em></b> look first in the current
directory for library files (unless, of course, the first explicitly
-supplied directory is "<code>.</code>").
+supplied directory is "<code>.</code>"). This is the default.
</dl>
<h4><a name="Parameters"></a>Setting parameters</h4>