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

[Norbert Preining <norbert@preining.info>]

Hi

> Yes, running "dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1", then choosing "letter",
> then running dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1" again, then choosing "a4"
> fixes the configuration.

Hmmm, I simply cannot reproduce that. At my place every invocation of
dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 changes all settings as expected.

>  Name: texlive-base/binary_chooser
>  Template: texlive-base/binary_chooser
> +Value: pdftex, dvips, dvipdfmx, xdvi
>  Owners: texlive-base
> +Flags: seen
> +Variables:
> + libpaperPaper = letter

Interesting ... not that I really understand what was going on here.

The libpaper1 texlive-base code checks
- whether the current settings for the four programs agree and agree
  with the libpaper setting
- if this is the case, then set all programs to the new values
- if this is not the case 
  - ask a debconf question about which programs should be set to
    the new paper size

I can reproduce this on my computer, and the debconf actions are
correctly carried out. So hmmm - strange ...


Norbert

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