implementing a QSYS snap-in, and the default QSYS search path

Service request 10997669 -- QSYS 13.1 sp1 forgets search path passed in on the command line

1) Add a xxx.ipx file at the current working directory as follows.

<library>

<path path="../ip/*"/>

</library>

2) Add a user generated component into the "../ip" path.

3) Run the following command when the current working directory is at the location where you have created the xxx.ipx file.

qsys-edit --search_path=".,$"

4) You will see the user's custom component in the project area on the LHS of the QSYS UI.

5) Next open any QSYS file at another unrelated location and then the custom component disapears from the project area on the LHS of the QSYS UI.

6) Furthermore, observe that the projext area on the LHS of the QSYS UI contains now some QSYS files that are in a <unrelated location>/ip/**/* type of path. However these files were never added to the search path?