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

[Akira Kakuto]

> 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. The following patch will recover the
old behavior:

--- mp.w.orig	Wed Sep 30 15:19:52 2009
+++ mp.w	Wed Sep 30 15:29:34 2009
@@ -16498,7 +16498,11 @@
   char *s = mp->job_name+strlen(mp->job_name);
   while (s>mp->job_name) {
      if (*s == '.') {
-	*s = '\0';
+        if(strcasecmp(s, ".mp") == 0 || strcasecmp(s, ".mem") == 0 ||
+           strcasecmp(s, ".mf") == 0) {
+	   *s = '\0';
+	   break;
+	}
      }
      s--;
   }


Best regards,
Akira