- directories” list. See also <XRef LinkEnd="recomp">
- for the significance of using relative and absolute
- pathnames in the <option>-i</option> list.</para>
+ directories” list, which initially contains a single
+ entry: <quote>.</quote>.</para>
+
+ <para>This list is scanned before any package directories
+ (see <xref linkend="packages">) when looking for imports,
+ but note that if you have a home module with the same name
+ as a package module then this is likely to cause trouble
+ in other ways, with link errors being the least nasty
+ thing that can go wrong...</para>
+
+ <para>See also <XRef LinkEnd="recomp"> for the
+ significance of using relative and absolute pathnames in
+ the <option>-i</option> list.</para>