From owner-freebsd-ports Tue Oct 21 14:46:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA12008 for ports-outgoing; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 14:46:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports) Received: from earth.mat.net (root@earth.mat.net [206.246.122.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA11980; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 14:46:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chuckr@glue.umd.edu) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by earth.mat.net (8.8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA19046; Tue, 21 Oct 1997 17:45:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 16:45:46 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey X-Sender: chuckr@picnic.mat.net To: "Julian H. Stacey" cc: chuckr@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ports/print/a2ps PAPERSIZE In-Reply-To: <199710192049.VAA02910@wall.jhs.no_domain> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 19 Oct 1997, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Hi chuckr@FreeBSD.org (maintainer of a2ps) > cc ports@ > > I note: > current/ports/print/a2ps: $(PAPERSIZE) > current/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/devps/Makefile: ${PAGE} > Could we perhaps use just one env. var for both ? > Right now in my /etc/csh.cshrc for instance I have dup. info: I used PAPERSIZE because that's what a2ps used to use, and because it's what gs still uses. If I were going to change it, I think a more canonically correct term would me "media", wouldn't you? > ------ > setenv PAGE A4 > # PAGE is set for: > # src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/devps/Makefile > # which creates > # /usr/obj/net/desk/usr2/src/current/gnu/usr.bin/groff/devps/DESC > # which contains > # res 792000 or 841890 > # which produces: > # /usr/share/groff_font/devps/DESC > # PAGE is also set for: > # src/contrib/groff/devps/Makefile.sub > setenv PAPERSIZE A4 # for ports/print/a2ps > ------------- > > > Julian > -- > Julian H. Stacey > Home http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Tel. +49 89 268616 > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------