Bug#402994: use new libpaper hook to track system paper size
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:53:52AM +0100, Ralf Stubner wrote:
> The approach is flawed, however, since it is very easy to construct
> situations where files in /etc are automatically changed, which we must
> not do. Hence it is probably easier to make all files that can be
> changed via texconfig proper configfiles in /etc, as you already
> suggested. Then we would need the permission to modify these files in
> some aspects. We could get this permission either via a debconf message
> (IMO overkill) or by something like this:
>
> The libpaper hock script reads in, say, /etc/default/tetex which
> contains a variable, say, USE_LIBPAPER. By default this variable is set
> to 'no', which makes the libpaper hock script excit with a suitable
> message. If the variable is set to 'yes', the libpaper hock script will
> adjust the configuration files.
>
> Needed documentation: Mention this new mechanism (NEWS.Debian and 'TeX
> on Debian'). Explain that it might automatically change configuration
> files and explain the consequences, ie, that people should just accept
> new upstream versions if they did not make any other changes. Really,
> really stress that this only configures the default output paper size of
> the various *programs* but not of the *formats*, and that using things
> like geometry.sty is the better idea.
A debconf question seems like a very appropriate thing to do rather
than rely on people reading NEWS.Debian.
Julian
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