SVR2 "pr" bug fix

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From: Doug Gwyn
Date: Wed, 14 May 1986 04:38

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As reported (problem id #743) in the UNIX System V Known Problem List,
the command "pr -d -2 -l61" (any odd page length, multi-column output)
results in only one page of output.  Here is what I believe to be a
fix for this bug.

...
char xxxnotused[] = "@(#)pr.c	1.3";
...
nexbuf()
...
		/* DAG -- bug fix (added "+ Dblspace - 1" in the following line) */
		for (j = (Length - Margin + Dblspace - 1)/Dblspace; --j >= 0; ++bline)
...

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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
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Subject: SVR2 "pr" bug fix
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Date: Wed, 14-May-86 00:38:46 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 14 00:38:46 1986
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