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authorJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-01 20:10:05 +0000
committerJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-01 20:10:05 +0000
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Added a note to groff regarding A4 vs letter
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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Groff</title>
-<para>Prepare Groff for compilation:</para>
+<para>Groff expects an enviornment variable PAGE to contain the default paper size.
+For those in the United States, the text below is appropriate. For those who's default
+paper size is the larger "A4", you may safely change the value used when we configure
+the Groff package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>PAGE=letter ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>