Thanks for the reply.
I had done a bit more digging, and between that and your comment I
have a solution to the problem.
IT WOULD SURE BE NICE IF THEY DOCUMENTED THIS SOMEPLACE...
RH7.3 had groff 1.17.2, and in the file
/usr/share/groff/1.17.2/font/devps/DESC
the variable paperlenght is defined as
paperlength 792000
RH8.0 has groff 1.18, and in the file
/usr/share/groff/1.18/font/devps/DESC
the variable paperlength is defined as
papersize /etc/papersize a4
This is the only change between the two files.
It is NOT clear what the /etc/papersize is referring to, (there is
no such file), but there *IS* a file /etc/paper.config in both OS
giving page sizes (and some other numbers whose usage is not clear)
but there is nothing there defining a default.
In any case, changing the papersize line in the file inRH8.0
to read either
paperlength 792000
or
papersize /etc/papersize letter
solves my problem, things are formatted for US-LETTER and not A4
paper.
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REDHAT - ARE YOU LISTENING????
Paper size has been a longstanding problem, it should be settable
somewhere in /etc/sysconfig, with scripts to carry the change thru
to the programs that need it...
Reg.Clemens
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