Date: 20 Sep 1999 11:48:30 +0200 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: PAPERSIZE in /etc/make.conf? Message-ID: <7s4vte$uau$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
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I already put that question to -hackers since it also concerns groff, but I guess I ought to ask about opinions here too, since the main target are ports: How about putting a variable PAPERSIZE (A4, letter) in /etc/make.conf? We currently have a couple of ports that exist in -a4 and -letter versions. We also have other ports (e.g. ghostscript55) where the informed user can choose either format at build time by explicitly setting a make variable. Wouldn't it be better if ports could pull this as a system setting automatically out of /etc/make.conf? Potential problems: - Some ports support additional paper sizes (letterdj). - The package builders end up with packages that are unmarked but assume one papersize. Of course, we already have this situation with some ports. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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