Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 17:14:20 -0700 From: Matthew Hunt <mph@astro.caltech.edu> To: Eric van Gyzen <vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single-Letter Port Names Message-ID: <20040420001420.GA79189@wopr.caltech.edu> In-Reply-To: <200404192007.04848.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu> References: <200404192007.04848.vangyzen@stat.duke.edu>
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On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:07:04PM -0400, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > I'm the maintainer of the math/R-letter port. I would like rename the > port to just math/R; however, I'm told that single-letter port names > are not known to work. Can someone elaborate on this? It seems to > work for me... I think the reason your port is R-letter is because it's compiled for US-letter sized paper (8.5x11 inch); there is also R-a4 which would be for European A4 paper. This is a common convention in the Ports Collection; there are several examples in the "print" category, for example.
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