Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 13:10:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Paul Traina <pst@Shockwave.COM> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: gnu/1611: groff should use "system-wide" papersize variable when building Message-ID: <199609142010.NAA13292@precipice.shockwave.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199609142020.NAA05497@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1611 >Category: gnu >Synopsis: groff should use "system-wide" papersize variable when building >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 14 13:20:02 PDT 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Paul Traina >Organization: FreeBSD, Inc. >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT i386 >Environment: All FreeBSD groff ports >Description: /usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/groff/Makefile.cfg has the line: PAGE=letter (or PAGE=A4) in it. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: This line should be changed to PAGE?=letter at a minimum, but really we should have a system-wide definition for paper sizes (I thought we did, but I couldn't find it) and modify the makefiles to use it. Of course this, in itself, is *still* a kludge, as the user should be able to specify paper sizes in his own environment for bi-continental systems. >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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