On 2019-07-08 16:40:51 +0200, Hilmar Preuße wrote: > root@amd64-sid:~# dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1 > Replacing config file /etc/papersize with new version > tl-paper: setting paper size for context to a4: > /var/lib/texmf/tex/context/user/cont-sys-paper.tex > tl-paper: setting paper size for dvipdfmx to a4: > /var/lib/texmf/dvipdfmx/dvipdfmx-paper.cfg > tl-paper: setting paper size for dvips to a4: > /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps > tl-paper: setting paper size for pdftex to a4: > /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/pdftexconfig.tex > tl-paper: setting paper size for xdvi to a4: /var/lib/texmf/xdvi/XDvi-paper > Running mktexlsr. This may take some time... done. > Building format(s) --refresh. > This may take some time... done. > > Not sure what the default value is, when there was no user interaction.
The default value is letter, but in 2015, I did "dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1" and chose a4. The config.dat file contains: Name: libpaper/defaultpaper Template: libpaper/defaultpaper Value: a4 Owners: libpaper1, libpaper1:amd64 Flags: seen 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 /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps, for instance, was regenerated during the latest texlive-base upgrade. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)