From 4691bc39aca46ddd0b00f6e9c47b3c0a8f0e2ba2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Rose <david@ddrose.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 00:48:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] search local directory if no path specified

---
 panda/src/express/get_config_path.cxx | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/panda/src/express/get_config_path.cxx b/panda/src/express/get_config_path.cxx
index dc826f0720..79a631e2ca 100644
--- a/panda/src/express/get_config_path.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/express/get_config_path.cxx
@@ -49,7 +49,11 @@ get_config_path(const string &config_var_name, DSearchPath *&static_ptr) {
 
     Config::ConfigTable::Symbol all_defs;
     config_express.GetAll(config_var_name, all_defs);
-    if (!all_defs.empty()) {
+    if (all_defs.empty()) {
+      // If the path is undefined, it is implicitly ".".
+      (*static_ptr).append_path(".");
+
+    } else {
       Config::ConfigTable::Symbol::reverse_iterator si =
         all_defs.rbegin();
       string filename = ExecutionEnvironment::expand_string((*si).Val());