Hi,
On 2019-07-09 10:22:18 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> > 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 invocati
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
On Tue, 09 Jul 2019, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Actually they can, though this may be non-standard. After generating
> the dvi file from the MPFR 4.0.0 tarball ("make dvi"), I get:
Yes, using geometry package and "specials" this information can be put
into the dvi format, but it is a "special" which
On 2019-07-08 23:29:41 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Sep 2017, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > generated dvi and ps have a letter papersize, so that the contents
>
> dvi files don't have a paper size whatsoever attached.
Actually they can, though this may be non-standard. After generatin
On 2019-07-08 22:58:22 +0200, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
> 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?
Yes, running "dpkg-reconfigure libp
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 definition
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 dvipdfm
On 2019-07-08 23:29:41 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> > This silently occurs, so that for instance, one may upload incorrect
> > files to a web server, which is really annoying.
>
> Well, dvips just follows what is configured for it. Since dvi does not
> have an embedded paper size, only what is
On 08.07.19 16:12, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
Hi,
> I've eventually found the file showing a difference:
>
> /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps
>
> They were both generated on 2019-03-04. But why such a difference?
>
root@amd64-sid:~# dpkg-reconfigure libpaper1
Replacing config file /etc/
Hi Vincent,
> /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps
Our emails crossed ... you found the source yourself.
> They were both generated on 2019-03-04. But why such a difference?
That is indeed strange. It should not be, and changing the papersize via
paperconf should trigger an update of tha
Hi Vincent,
there have been already a few answers/discussion between Hilmar and you,
I just want to throw in a few comments.
On Fri, 08 Sep 2017, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> generated dvi and ps have a letter papersize, so that the contents
dvi files don't have a paper size whatsoever attached.
dvi
On 2019-07-08 16:12:52 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> I've eventually found the file showing a difference:
>
> /var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps
>
> %
> % config-paper.ps
> %
> % This part is only used for the paper configuration of dvips
> @ letter 8.5in 11in
> [...]
>
> on the first
On 2019-07-08 15:51:16 +0200, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
> How about /etc/texmf/dvips/config/config.ps ?
Non-existent in both cases.
I've eventually found the file showing a difference:
/var/lib/texmf/dvips/config/config-paper.ps
%
% config-paper.ps
%
% This part is only used for the paper configurat
On 08.07.19 15:44, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
Hi,
> I still wonder the cause of the difference with dvips. A strace
> shows that ~/.dvipsrc is read in both cases, but the contents
> are the same, and a diff on the strace files does not show where
> the difference could come from. None of the environm
On 2019-07-08 15:19:10 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> There may be several issues: the mpfr.dvi files are identical on
> both machines. The mpfr.ps files are different, but for the dvi
> to ps conversion, the texinfo.tex file is not involved.
So, it looks like there was a texinfo bug in texinfo.t
On 2019-07-08 15:10:01 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2019-07-08 13:18:35 +0200, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
> > Is the issue still present?
>
> With the MPFR 3.1.6 tarball on the same machine, yes, but not with
> the 4.0.0 one. In the MPFR 3.1.6 tarball, if I replace the texinfo.tex
> file (2013-02-
On 2019-07-08 13:18:35 +0200, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
> Is the issue still present?
With the MPFR 3.1.6 tarball on the same machine, yes, but not with
the 4.0.0 one. In the MPFR 3.1.6 tarball, if I replace the texinfo.tex
file (2013-02-01.11) by the version from MPFR 4.0.0 (2017-12-18.20),
this solve
On 08.09.17 11:57, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
Hi Vincent,
> When generating the MPFR manual, the contents are always in A4.
> FYI, the mpfr.texi file has:
>
> @iftex
> @afourpaper
> @end iftex
>
> But on one of my machines (from which this bug is reported), the
> generated dvi and ps have a letter
Control: retitle -1 texinfo: inconsistent papersize for generated PostScript
file (.ps)
On 2017-09-08 11:57:33 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> But on one of my machines (from which this bug is reported), the
> generated dvi and ps have a letter papersize, so that the contents
> may be partly trun
Package: texinfo
Version: 6.4.90.dfsg.1-1+b1
Severity: important
When generating the MPFR manual, the contents are always in A4.
FYI, the mpfr.texi file has:
@iftex
@afourpaper
@end iftex
But on one of my machines (from which this bug is reported), the
generated dvi and ps have a letter papersiz
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