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

[Reinhard Kotucha]

On 24 January 2011 Werner LEMBERG wrote:

 > 
 > [Metafont 2.718281 (TeX Live 2010)
 >  kpathsea version 6.0.0]
 > 
 > As the title says: It seems that mf's `-output-directory' option is
 > completely ignored.  A bug?

Is it also ignored if the default output directory is not writable?

Regards,
  Reinhard

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