Bug#779682: texlive-base: install complains a4 is not valid for pdftex but says a4 is valid
Package: texlive-base
Version: 2014.20141024-2
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
texlive-base warns that a4 is not a valid setting for pdftex, but then
recommends a command which says that a4 is valid.
# apt-get install texlive-base
Unmanageable system paper size (a4) The currently defined system-wide paper
size is a4. However, the TeX configuration system cannot handle this paper
size for pdftex. The setting will remain unchanged. The following command can
show the list of known paper sizes for pdftex: texconfig pdftex paper
# texconfig pdftex paper
WARNING: On Debian, this change will NOT be persistent
upon upgrades or changes to the libpaper settings!
Usage: texconfig pdftex paper PAPER
Valid PAPER settings:
a4 letter
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If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries
(latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong
output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the
error in your report.
Please run your example with
(pdf)latex -recorder ...
(or any other program that supports -recorder) and send us the generated
file with the extension .fls, it lists all the files loaded during
the run and can easily explain problems induced by outdated files in
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to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures!
If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of
output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem),
you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that
can be found at
http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/mini-en.html (english)
or
http://www.minimalbeispiel.de/mini.html (german)
##################################
minimal input file
##################################
other files
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List of ls-R files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 828 Mar 3 23:49 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Oct 21 01:46 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 2 13:39 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Dec 2 13:39 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
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Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Mar 3 23:44 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3186 Mar 3 23:49 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Dec 2 13:39 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -> /var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
Warning: language.dat cannot be found with kpsewhich!
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Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Oct 21 01:46 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 475 Mar 3 23:44 texmf.cnf
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md5sums of texmf.d
ca40c66f144b4bafc3e59a2dd32ecb9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/00debian.cnf
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers testing-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-updates'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages texlive-base depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.55
ii dpkg 1.17.23
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu4
ii tex-common 5.03
ii texlive-binaries 2014.20140926.35254-6
ii ucf 3.0030
ii xdg-utils 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.4
Versions of packages texlive-base recommends:
ii lmodern 2.004.4-5
Versions of packages texlive-base suggests:
ii evince [postscript-viewer] 3.14.1-1
ii ghostscript [postscript-viewer] 9.06~dfsg-2
pn perl-tk <none>
pn xpdf-reader | pdf-viewer <none>
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.55
ii dpkg 1.17.23
ii ucf 3.0030
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 9.20141022
Versions of packages texlive-base is related to:
ii tex-common 5.03
ii texlive-binaries 2014.20140926.35254-6
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