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Bug#874632: texinfo: inconsistent papersize for generated dvi and ps



On 08.07.19 16:12, Vincent Lefevre wrote:

Hi,

> Non-existent in both cases.
> 
> I've eventually found the file showing a difference:
> 
> /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps
> 
I wasn't really sure if that config file sets the default size or if it
just contains the paper size definitions. But:

/usr/share/texlive/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPaper.pm

# the first paper definition is the default

> but I get:
> 
> zira:~> tl-paper
> Current context paper size (from /etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme): a4
> Current dvipdfmx paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx-paper.cfg): letter
> Current dvips paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps): letter
> Current pdftex paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex): a4
> Current xdvi paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/xdvi/XDvi-paper): letter
> 
I just had the same on my Debian stable installation: for any reason the
debconf setting was ignored for dvips. See attached screen session, how
I could fix that. Does it help to fix paper setting on zira?

Hilmar
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hille@haka:~$ tl-paper 
Current context paper size (from /etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme): a4
Current dvipdfmx paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx-paper.cfg): letter
Current dvips paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps): letter
Current pdftex paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex): a4
Current xdvi paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/xdvi/XDvi-paper): letter
hille@haka:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for hille: 
root@haka:~# dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 

<select letter>

root@haka:~# tl-paper 
Current context paper size (from /etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme): a4
Current dvipdfmx paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx-paper.cfg): letter
Current dvips paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps): letter
Current pdftex paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex): a4
Current xdvi paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/xdvi/XDvi-paper): letter

--> selection partially ignored.

root@haka:~# dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 
Replacing config file /etc/papersize with new version
a4
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for pdftex to a4.
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --refresh.
	This may take some time... done.
a4
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvips to a4.
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
a4
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvipdfmx to a4.
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
a4
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for xdvi to a4.
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
root@haka:~# tl-paper 
Current context paper size (from /etc/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys.rme): a4
Current dvipdfmx paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx-paper.cfg): a4
Current dvips paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps): a4
Current pdftex paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex): a4
Current xdvi paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/xdvi/XDvi-paper): a4
root@haka:~# dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 

<select letter>

Replacing config file /etc/papersize with new version
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for context to letter.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvipdfmx to letter.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvips to letter.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for pdftex to letter.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for xdvi to letter.
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --refresh.
	This may take some time... done.
root@haka:~# tl-paper 
Current context paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys-paper.tex): letter
Current dvipdfmx paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx-paper.cfg): letter
Current dvips paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps): letter
Current pdftex paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex): letter
Current xdvi paper size (from /var/lib/texmf/xdvi/XDvi-paper): letter
root@haka:~# 

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