From owner-freebsd-ports Mon Sep 20 12:32: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (news-ma.rhein-neckar.de [193.197.90.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9364F15CBA for ; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 12:31:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bigeye.rhein-neckar.de!naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: from mips.rhein-neckar.de (uucp@localhost) by news-ma.rhein-neckar.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with bsmtp id VAA15012 for freebsd-ports@freebsd.org; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 21:31:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from bigeye.rhein-neckar.de!naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de) Received: by mips.rhein-neckar.de id m11T87a-000WyWC (Debian Smail-3.2.0.101 1997-Dec-17 #2); Mon, 20 Sep 1999 20:25:02 +0200 (CEST) From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) Subject: PAPERSIZE in /etc/make.conf? Date: 20 Sep 1999 11:48:30 +0200 Message-ID: <7s4vte$uau$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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