[syslinux] SYSLINUX current directory and the config file

[H. Peter Anvin]

Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Ferenc Wagner <wferi at niif.hu> writes:
> 
>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa at zytor.com> writes:
>>
>>> I have come to the conclusion that it would be a lot less invasive to
>>> simply maintain the rule that the current working directory is the one
>>> where the config file lives, *including* one loaded via the CONFIG
>>> directive.
>> Yes, that would suffice for me.
> 
> Did this change make it into 3.50?

No, it did not.

I realized that there is a source of complexity -- one needs to be able
to fetch the config file from its original location.  This brings up a
whole slew of problems.

I will tackle the issue of changing directories in a future release, but
3.50 had been sitting for too long already.  The train has to leave
sometime.

	-hpa