Syslinux - Dec 2012 - CHDIR Directive?

Perhaps it could be useful to have a "CHDIR" config-file directive? 
I'm
thinking it'd override anything passed by config.c32.  I'm also thinking
it'd be a config-file-global, rather than a LABEL-specific, option.  Then a
config-file could set its own working directory without using config.c32 as
an intermediate step.  Does this seem like a reasonable feature to have?  -
Shao

P. S. Maybe this already exists and I haven't read about it.  If so, then
oops.

On 12/12/2012 01:27 PM, Shao Miller wrote:
> Perhaps it could be useful to have a "CHDIR" config-file
directive?  I'm
> thinking it'd override anything passed by config.c32.  I'm also
thinking
> it'd be a config-file-global, rather than a LABEL-specific, option. 
Then a
> config-file could set its own working directory without using config.c32 as
> an intermediate step.  Does this seem like a reasonable feature to have?  -
> Shao
>
> P. S. Maybe this already exists and I haven't read about it.  If so,
then
> oops.
>
The problem with CHDIR is that it makes it very hard to deal with the 
fact that it suddenly matters "when" a certain patch is interpreted. 
The reason this is currently mixed with the CONFIG directive is that 
that is a natural reset point anyway.

	-hpa

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