File ghostscript-8.62-P-use.dif of Package ghostscript-library

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--- doc/Use.htm
+++ doc/Use.htm	2010-07-05 14:52:19.175424794 +0200
@@ -807,8 +807,8 @@ 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"><tt>-P-</tt> switch</a>);
+<li>The current directory only if enabled by the
+<a href="#P_switch"><tt>-P</tt> switch</a>;
 
 <li>The directories specified by <a href="#I_switch"><tt>-I</tt>
 switches</a> in the command line, if any;
@@ -828,13 +828,14 @@ when this executable was built.
 directory or a list of directories separated by a character appropriate for
 the operating system ("<tt>:</tt>" on Unix systems,
 "<tt>,</tt>" on VMS systems, and
-"<tt>;</tt>" 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"><tt>-P-</tt> switch</a>.
+"<tt>;</tt>" on MS Windows systems).
+
+
+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"><tt>-P</tt> switch</a>.
 
 
 Note that Ghostscript does not use this file searching algorithm for the
@@ -2040,14 +2041,14 @@ for library files.
 <dl>
 <dt><a name="P_switch"></a><tt>-P</tt>
 <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><tt>-P-</tt>
 <dd>Makes Ghostscript not look first in the current
 directory for library files (unless, of course, the first explicitly
-supplied directory is "<tt>.</tt>").
+supplied directory is "<tt>.</tt>"). This is the default.
 </dl>
 
 <h4><a name="Parameters"></a>Setting parameters</h4>

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