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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/groff-inst.xml | 5 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index ab4cc04ac..f38a80bf1 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ </itemizedlist> </para></listitem> +<listitem><para>September 1, 2003 [jeremy] - Chapter 6 - +Groff - Added note about choice of A4 or letter for the +PAGE variable.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>September 1, 2003 [jeremy] - Added in shadow newgrp patch from Greg Schafer</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/groff-inst.xml b/chapter06/groff-inst.xml index 0c046ff06..b8be708bd 100644 --- a/chapter06/groff-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/groff-inst.xml @@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ <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> |