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--- Begin Message ---Package: texlive-latex-base Version: 2009-9 Severity: important Hi! pdflatex produces files of the wrong page size when I use \documentclass[a5paper]{book} The result is a PDF with an a4 page size, but with the text occupying the top left portion of the page, corresponding to the size of an a5 page. This is the case when I open the PDF in either Evince or Xpdf. When I compile the same tex-file using 'latex', the resulting DVI file is fine when I open it in Evince. I have included a minimal latex file below to reproduce the problem. The bug report is marked as important, because it would be if this is the case for all users of nonstandard page sizes. When compiling it with pdflatex, I get the following output (when compiling a file called Doc.tex): This is pdfTeX, Version 3.1415926-1.40.10 (TeX Live 2009/Debian) restricted \write18 enabled. entering extended mode (./Doc.tex LaTeX2e <2009/09/24> Babel <v3.8l> and hyphenation patterns for english, usenglishmax, dumylang, noh yphenation, loaded. (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/book.cls Document Class: book 2007/10/19 v1.4h Standard LaTeX document class (/usr/share/texmf-texlive/tex/latex/base/bk10.clo)) (./Doc.aux) Chapter 1. [1{/var/lib/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./Doc.aux) )</usr/share /texmf-texlive/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmbx12.pfb></usr/share/texmf-texl ive/fonts/type1/public/amsfonts/cm/cmr10.pfb> Output written on Doc.pdf (1 page, 20412 bytes). Transcript written on Doc.log. Best regards Torquil Sørensen -- Package-specific info: If you report an error when running one of the TeX-related binaries (latex, pdftex, metafont,...), or if the bug is related to bad or wrong output, please include a MINIMAL example input file that produces the error in your report. Don't forget to also include minimal examples of other files that are needed, e.g. bibtex databases. Often it also helps to include the logfile. Please, never send included pictures! If your example file isn't short or produces more than one page of output (except when multiple pages are needed to show the problem), you can probably minimize it further. Instructions on how to do that can be found at http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini-en.html (english) or http://www.latex-einfuehrung.de/mini.html (german) ################################## minimal input file \documentclass[a5paper]{book} \begin{document} \chapter{Chapter name} Bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla bla \end{document} ################################## other files ###################################### List of ls-R files -rw------- 1 tmac tmac 336 Mar 16 16:24 /home/tmac/texmf/ls-R -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 988 May 12 21:40 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R -rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 80 Mar 16 10:21 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Mar 16 01:26 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 May 10 09:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 May 10 09:04 /usr/share/texmf-texlive/ls-R -> /var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVE ###################################### Config files lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 16 01:26 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf -> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3719 May 12 21:40 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7414 May 12 21:40 /var/lib/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3110 May 12 21:40 /var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat ###################################### Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/ total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Feb 28 05:15 mktex.cnf ###################################### md5sums of texmf.d 3875bf0f4a53a29b7f247399dc9833e2 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/05TeXMF.cnf 6e82a3d4c00ae7e4f86aa8dcf9438cf3 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/15Plain.cnf c60a084820a0b73e3bfbf2e90bda437c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/45TeXinputs.cnf ea33127256c6a9f37145ae5b16fdb80c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/55Fonts.cnf afccf1d3f87057411166a77c58e00bd1 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/65BibTeX.cnf 9da7c1c7b1eaf06f941af91f48a23068 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/75DviPS.cnf 37329819f1109e8a457e64b8b58fecdb /etc/texmf/texmf.d/85Misc.cnf a8952d594677235951d447665ec46e9c /etc/texmf/texmf.d/90TeXDoc.cnf bab3b7e578107f999fa1b0768994f6f8 /etc/texmf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages texlive-latex-base depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.7.1 Debian package management system ii tex-common 2.07 common infrastructure for building ii texlive-base 2009-9 TeX Live: Essential programs and f ii texlive-binaries 2009-6 Binaries for TeX Live ii texlive-common 2009-9 TeX Live: Base component Versions of packages texlive-latex-base recommends: pn texlive-latex-base-doc <none> (no description available) texlive-latex-base suggests no packages. Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.32 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.15.7.1 Debian package management system ii ucf 3.0025 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages texlive-latex-base is related to: pn tetex-base <none> (no description available) pn tetex-bin <none> (no description available) pn tetex-extra <none> (no description available) ii tex-common 2.07 common infrastructure for building -- debconf information: tex-common/check_texmf_wrong: tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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--- Begin Message ---On Do, 13 Mai 2010, Torquil Macdonald Sørensen wrote: > pdflatex produces files of the wrong page size when I use > \documentclass[a5paper]{book} Yes, that is true, and well known since about 15 years. The output driver does not know about the page size, how should it if you do not tell him. Plan LaTeX does not have an idea about pdf page sizes etc. You have to use one of the geometry setting packages liek geometry or whatever there is. \usepackage{geometry} > I have included a minimal latex file below to reproduce the problem. > The bug report is marked as important, because it would be if this > is the case for all users of nonstandard page sizes. You do not understand LaTeX, please. The a5paper option sets up \page* parameters in TeX, but that does not mean that the corresponding \pdfpage* parameters are set. That is your duty, think about printing that document on a bigger paper for cutting it by adding crop marks. A simple *google*that*for*me* would have brought you to the TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=papergeom Closing this bug. Best Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norbert Preining prein...@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org} JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FORD Tell me Arthur... ARTHUR Yes? FORD This boulder we're stuck under, how big would you say it was? Roughly? ARTHUR Oh, about the size of Coventry Cathedral. FORD Do you think we could move it? (Arthur doesn't reply) Just asking. --- Ford and Arthur in a tricky situation, Fit the Eighth. --- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
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