Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 17:49:57 +0200 (CEST) From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PAPERSIZE in /etc/make.conf? Message-ID: <199909181549.RAA04290@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <7rvu0p$1lfr$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> from Christian Weisgerber at "Sep 18, 1999 1:45:29 pm"
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As Christian Weisgerber wrote ... Sounds like a good idea, But I'd say it would be even better if it where part of /etc/profile (or something similar) so that it can be picked up from a reliable place at runtime. This would obfuscate the need for different compiled products. Wilko > Should we have a PAPERSIZE variable (A4 vs. letter) in /etc/make.conf? > > - groff has the paper size set as compile time option. > > - Various ports that now exist in two versions or require the > user to define the paper size at build time could automatically > pull the value in. -- | / o / / _ Arnhem, The Netherlands - Powered by FreeBSD - |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte WWW : http://www.tcja.nl http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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