[metapost] [tex-live] mpost output file name

[Taco Hoekwater]

Hi,

Akira Kakuto wrote:
>> Forwarding (with babelfish in action) a report from fctt about the mpost in TL'09.
>>
>> With foo.bar.mp as input, current mpost (version 1.207) use foo.1 as output
>> file, while, reportedly, previous versions used to pick foo.bar.1.
>>
>> Is this new behaviour intended?
> 
> It seems to be intended. 

Much more an oversight than intentional (I had simply forgotten the break
statement). I will definately apply this upstream, but I don't know about
releasing 1.208 and rebuilding TL.. Karl??

Best wishes,
Taco
(who also believes that multiple dots in filenames are a bad idea)