Re: Userland Lua - concerns with require

[Marc Balmer <mbalmer%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

Am 28.10.10 11:57, schrieb Joerg Sonnenberger:
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 09:21:36AM +0200, Marc Balmer wrote:
>> After considerations, email exchange with the makers of Lua, and testing
>> realword systems I think probably the best thing to do is to move the
>> '.' parts to the end of the list:
> [snip]
>>
>> I am a bit hesitant right now to remove the '.' entries completely, I am
>> still trying to assess the consequences.  That said, I am open for (well
>> reasoned) opinions.
> 
> How does the Lua loader deal with programs that call chdir(2) before loading
> further modules? That's a practical issue especially for system
> software.

You mean if '.' in the path refers to the CWD that was in place when the
software or to the CWD after the chdir(2) call?