Package: libpaper1
Version: 1.1.24+nmu2
Severity: normal
Here's what I did:
1. Read the papersize(5) man page, which doesn't give any specific
rule to update the default paper size. So, I did:
2. Update the /etc/papersize manually from letter to a4.
3. Test with pdflatex, but nothing changed: letter document produced.
Note the .tex file has \documentclass{article} with no paper size
related package.
4. Run "dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1", and choose a4 (this was the
default, probably because it was read from /etc/papersize).
I just got:
# dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.17-97) ...
5. Test with pdflatex, but nothing changed: letter document produced.
6. Run "dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1" another couple of times, first
to change the paper size back to letter, then to change it to a4
again. This was better:
# dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1
Replacing config file /etc/papersize with new version
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for context to a4.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvipdfmx to a4.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for dvips to a4.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for pdftex to a4.
/usr/bin/tl-paper: setting paper size for xdvi to a4.
Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done.
Building format(s) --refresh.
This may take some time... done.
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.17-97) ...
7. Test with pdflatex, and an a4 document was produced as expected.
So, IMHO, tl-paper should be run everytime, even if /etc/papersize
doesn't change, or at least when the debconf settings has changed.
Indeed, when I changed /etc/papersize manually, the debconf settings
obviously remained to letter, so that "dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1"
(to change the debconf settings from letter to a4) should have
detected a change in the configuration.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.11-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages libpaper1 depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.52
ii libc6 2.17-97
ii multiarch-support 2.17-97
ii ucf 3.0027+nmu1
Versions of packages libpaper1 recommends:
ii libpaper-utils 1.1.24+nmu2
libpaper1 suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* libpaper/defaultpaper: a4
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