Marton Fabo wrote:
> [...]
> 
> Additionally, this syntax can be found in the stock povray.conf which 
> comes with 3.5, so I guess I wasn't that really wrong with my assumption.

No, both the source package and the linux binary version of POV-Ray 3.5 
  come with a valid povray.conf.  How could it be different - the syntax 
you mention was not even invented when POV-Ray 3.5 was published...

>> The Documentation describes the format of the povray.conf file in the 
>> platform specific part.  Also note the POV-Ray installation package 
>> (both source and binary) come with a povray.conf that should work 
>> without problems.
> 
> Yes. And what good is it if I don't have the privilege to install it 
> where it's due, and thus povray thinks the list of permitted paths is 
> empty

Read what i wrote, you can simply copy the povray.conf in the package at 
the appropriate place and it will work.  I never said you should use the 
install script.

Christoph

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