[metapost] Difference between "mpost file.mp" and "mpost ./file.mp"

[Rasmus Villemoes]

Taco Hoekwater <taco at elvenkind.com> writes:

> On 09/09/2010 02:07 PM, Rasmus Villemoes wrote:
>> Dear list
>>
>> When using the TEX module to typeset labels in a for loop, I
>> accidentally discovered that there is a difference between calling
>> mpost as "mpost -tex=latex file.mp" and "mpost -tex=latex
>> ./file.mp".
>
> Which metapost version is giving you trouble?

$ mpost -version

MetaPost 1.208

from TL09. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04.

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