xkbcomp -Rdir is ignored

[Dirk Wallenstein]

On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:20:23 +0200 rolandc wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The "-R" command line parameter specifies the root directory for
> relative path names (see man page)
>
> At the source level, the variable rootDir holds the value of the -R
> parameter, but rootDir is never used by xkbcomp

I got this in line 550 of xkbcomp.c:

                if ((chdir(rootDir) < 0) && (warningLevel > 0))

I needn't be global, though, except for the warning when -R is specified
more than once.

> "-R" is a depreciate option ? or there is a bug in xkbcomp ?
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Greetings,
Dirk