Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-16 Thread Marc Glisse
On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | you should set LANG to en_US if you expect american defaults). I didn't need it so far and everything just works. and no LC_MEASUREMENT means you will get litre instead of gallon and metre instead of inch or foot. And no LC_CTYPE means you

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-16 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 16 November 2006 at 11:54, Marc Glisse wrote: | On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | | you should set LANG to en_US if you expect american defaults). | I didn't need it so far and everything just works. | | and no LC_MEASUREMENT means you will get litre instead of gallon and

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-15 Thread Marc Glisse
Hello, first, I am very sorry for not answering in a timely manner, the email address I used for the bug report stopped working without giving me any notice, and I thought reportbug had failed to submit a bug... Looking at it again, I see of course that you are right -- there are now two

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-15 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Salut Marc, On 15 November 2006 at 14:56, Marc Glisse wrote: | Hello, | | first, I am very sorry for not answering in a timely manner, the email | address I used for the bug report stopped working without giving me any | notice, and I thought reportbug had failed to submit a bug... | |

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-15 Thread Marc Glisse
On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: I am truly sorry but I have a hard time understanding what it is that you want to do in this email. Inferring from your Normale Sup email address, I presume you are in France and want a4 paer. Is that correct? yes. Furthermore, does

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-15 Thread Marc Glisse
On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Marc Glisse wrote: So there are basically 2 choices: I should have said how one might implement those: 1) act as documented in the R NEWS file (R_PAPERSIZE then LC_PAPER) R_PAPERSIZE_USER=${R_PAPERSIZE} 2) act as we used to (R_PAPERSIZE then paperconf)

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-15 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Hi Marc, Thanks for the follow-up. I will try to reply to both your emails. On 15 November 2006 at 17:30, Marc Glisse wrote: | Your environment variable clashes with the config file, and the config file | does not respect / listen to the env var. So the env var is a null-op. | | Here is the

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-15 Thread Marc Glisse
On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | R_PAPERSIZE_USER=${R_PAPERSIZE} | R_PAPERSIZE=${R_PAPERSIZE-'a4'} | which uses a4 by default unless the user specified a R_PAPERSIZE setting | (seems to me that PAPERSIZE would be more standard, but never mind) That is not desirable as many users

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-11-15 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
On 15 November 2006 at 19:52, Marc Glisse wrote: | On Wed, 15 Nov 2006, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | | R_PAPERSIZE_USER=${R_PAPERSIZE} | | R_PAPERSIZE=${R_PAPERSIZE-'a4'} | | which uses a4 by default unless the user specified a R_PAPERSIZE setting | | (seems to me that PAPERSIZE would be

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-10-20 Thread Marc Glisse
Package: r-base-core Version: 2.4.0-1 Severity: normal Now that the conf file contains a R_PAPERSIZE_USER line, the postinst script replacing letter by `paperconf` fails. Possible fixes are: - grep for ^R_PAPERSIZE= instead of ^R_PAPERSIZE - set rpaper to letter (may cause problem if the admin

Bug#394114: r-base-core: papersize setting fails in postinst

2006-10-20 Thread Dirk Eddelbuettel
Hi Marc, On 19 October 2006 at 15:22, Marc Glisse wrote: | Package: r-base-core | Version: 2.4.0-1 | Severity: normal | | Now that the conf file contains a R_PAPERSIZE_USER line, the postinst | script replacing letter by `paperconf` fails. Possible fixes are: | | - grep for ^R_PAPERSIZE=