Date: 20 Sep 1999 15:30:56 -0700 From: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami) To: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PAPERSIZE in /etc/make.conf? Message-ID: <vqcr9jtb4gv.fsf@silvia.hip.berkeley.edu> In-Reply-To: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de's message of "20 Sep 1999 11:48:30 %2B0200" References: <7s4vte$uau$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
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* From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) * 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? No. We tried that before. As long as the papersizes are compiled in, it doesn't solve anything and just makes it harder to distinguish between packages. The current system is a result of that failed experiment. * - 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. No reason to spread the problem to *all* papersize-varying ports. ;> Satoshi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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