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Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> skribis:

> taylanbayirli@gmail.com (Taylan Ulrich "Bay=C4=B1rl=C4=B1/Kammer") writes:

[...]

>> When the argument is a literal string, I suppose we can patch it to be
>> an absolute pathname.
>
> Yes, when we can do this, it is usually the preferred approach.

Agreed, except in cases where we want to retain the flexibility of
dynamic bindings, typically for plug-ins.

In the case of MESA, I think we probably want to use an absolute file
name.

Thanks,
Ludo=E2=80=99.