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authorHeiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de>2016-12-09 23:15:47 +0000
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2016-12-29 19:38:42 +0000
commit29f678881018103cc2aec85bdb51ea5830cf2e37 (patch)
tree31095e6e3dadcb6d087d81b6fcc2faaae90dc42d /doc
parent1e7290ef735e436c37682e1129ea607de2a55e51 (diff)
Allow relative file names in .include lines (Closes 1971)
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
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@@ -4937,6 +4937,11 @@ Include processing happens after macro processing (see below). Its effect is to
process the lines of the included file as if they occurred inline where the
inclusion appears.
+Relative names are allowed with &`.include`&, and are resolved
+relative to the directory of the including file. For security reasons
+this is not allowed with &`.include_if_exists`&. To avoid confusion, it
+is strongly recommended to use absolute names only.
+
.section "Macros in the configuration file" "SECTmacrodefs"