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Subject: gnu/1611: groff should use "system-wide" papersize variable when building
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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: