On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 19:05 +0100, Frank Küster wrote: > Ralf Stubner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> dvipdfm allready links against libpaper. > >> > >> Err, right. We probably should disable "texconfig dvidpdfm paper", > >> then. > > > > ACK > > Hm, no. Actually things are more complicated, and I'm not sure whether > this is a good idea: dvipdfm reads both the libpaper setting and the > setting in its config file, and the config file overrides the system > setting.
Odd. This makes linking against libpaper kind of useless. You seem to agree, since you have meanwhile removed that code. [...] > >>> For dvips I currently see no > >>> possibility to have one configuration file specify another one, that > >>> should also be read. > >> > >> Will it read multiple config files, e.g. in TEXMFSYSVAR and > >> TEXMFSYSCONFIG/TEXMFDIST? > > > > I don't now, but I would be surprised if it does. > > Debian has patched dvipdfm to read two config files: config and > fontmaps. I guess this is now unnecessary and predates updmap support > for dvipdfm. But we could add a papersize file instead. Are you talking about dvipdfm or dvips here? BTW, does texlive include any of these patches to dvipdfm? cheerio ralf