Boris Samorodov <b...@passap.ru> wrote in <4f5075cc.9010...@passap.ru>:
bs> So what if install a system wide default paper size while installing bs> print/libpaper? That may help both in gs case (when a binary is linked bs> with libpaper) and those that just use libpaper if it is installed. No. defaultpapername() returns a constant value at compile time. Nothing to do with the $PREFIX/etc/papersize file. bs> > I think WITH_A4SIZE option should be deprecated at some point and the bs> > default paper size can be selected by libpaper in run-time because it bs> > will be more consistent and flexible, bs> bs> I'd propose to leave a system wide default variable for a paper size. bs> I don't care if it is WITH_A4SIZE, DEFAULT_PAPERSIZE=A4 or else. bs> bs> > but the current code in gs bs> > prevents it because it uses defaultpapername(), not systempapername() bs> > for some reason. bs> > bs> > So, the functionality the libpaper provides in gs is only to define bs> > /DEFAULTPAPERSIZE but it is confusing due to the above reason. This bs> > was why I decided to disable libpaper at this moment. bs> bs> Yea, but those who will choose that non-default option and install bs> print/libpaper (in current state, i.e. without installing bs> /usr/local/etc/papersize file) will fall in trouble anyway. What is the non-default option and what trouble will occur by it? -- Hiroki
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