[tex-live] [mf] option `-output-directory' doesn't work

[Werner LEMBERG]

>> Thanks for testing.  Using absolute paths works on my platform
>> also.  However, using relative paths like
>> `--output-directory=../build' doesn't.  In case this is intentional
>> please improve the help message of mf accordingly.
>>
> I have done three more tests:
>  mf --output-directory=../tmp/mftest "\mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; input cmr10"
> works

Interesting.  It fails for me, using bash 4.1.9.

> mf --output-directory=~/tmp/mftest "\mode:=ljfour; mag:=1; input cmr10"
> This is METAFONT, Version 2.718281 (TeX Live 2010)
> ! I can't write on file `cmr10.log'.

This fails for me also.


    Werner