[dvipdfmx] "mktexpk" is not disabled for fonts loaded by relative path

[Shunsaku Hirata]

Karl,

I know that, but I think Igor can explain more in detail
how worth it is if that change is really needed.

For dvips convention, the part “only look for pk font”
does not sound reasonable to me as dvipdfmx
behavior.

Thanks,
Shunsaku Hirata


2020-10-20 6:33 GMT+09:00, Karl Berry <karl at freefriends.org>:
>     I still don't understand why dvipdfmx needs to be "fixed" so that
>     it works like "dvips".
>
> Shunsaku - 1) as sent to the list, Akira looked into this and discovered
> that pdftex behaves like dvipdfmx. So it seems to me either both should
> be changed or it's not worth the bother. And it doesn't seem so critical
> to me that it's worth spending time on (although I think the change
> is tiny).
>
> 2) however, in principle, I think the dvips behavior is better (as I
> also already said). If the user asks for a font in a specific place
> (./foo or ../foo or /foo), I think it makes sense to assume they want
> control over what is found, and not to automatically do anything.
>
> In other words, feel free to do nothing, as far as I'm concerned.
>
> Best,
> Karl
>