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and subject line Bug#974724: fixed in texlive-extra 2026.20260527-1
has caused the Debian Bug report #974724,
regarding no useful documentation of pdfjam commands
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Package: texlive-extra-utils
Version: 2020.20200925-1
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/scripts/pdfjam/pdfjam
Hi,
reporting this as minor here because the usability is severely impacted.
First, in former times it was easy to find pdfjam because the package
description mentioned its uses more explicitly. You searched for "pdf
join" or "pdf flip" and found the pdfjam. That is no longer possible,
long package description does not provide enough clues, basic search
does not find pdfjam.
Second, the documentation is useless. The manpage refers to ONLINE
documentation. IMHO this should be part of a package and NOT require a
user to establish internet connection. There is no offline version of
that README.md as far as I can see.
Even the --help output is not helping. It tells a few things about
options but it does NOT mention what the actual operations are.
Tried to explain this to upstream before but earned only nothing but
harsh treatment. https://github.com/DavidFirth/pdfjam/issues/30
Unfortunately they also removed the shortcut scripts (see online
manual), so looking for pdfjoin executable does not bring you far.
Best regards,
Eduard.
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##################################
minimal input file
##################################
other files
######################################
List of ls-R files
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root staff 80 Mar 13 2018 /usr/local/share/texmf/ls-R
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1436 Sep 22 2013 /etc/texmf/ls-R
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3656 Nov 13 22:28 /var/lib/texmf/ls-R
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jun 8 10:31 /usr/share/texmf/ls-R ->
/var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXMFMAIN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Sep 26 22:41 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R ->
/var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Sep 26 22:41 /usr/share/texlive/texmf-dist/ls-R ->
/var/lib/texmf/ls-R-TEXLIVEDIST
######################################
Config files
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1464 Jun 18 22:36 /etc/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Sep 26 22:41 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/fmtutil.cnf ->
/var/lib/texmf/fmtutil.cnf-DEBIAN
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Sep 26 22:41 /usr/share/texmf/web2c/updmap.cfg ->
/var/lib/texmf/updmap.cfg-DEBIAN
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2763 Oct 5 23:29
/var/lib/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.dat
######################################
Files in /etc/texmf/web2c/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 283 Aug 24 2006 mktex.cnf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1464 Jun 18 22:36 texmf.cnf
######################################
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APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1,
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Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.9.6+ (SMP w/12 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
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Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages texlive-extra-utils depends on:
ii libunicode-linebreak-perl 0.0.20190101-1+b2
ii python3 3.8.6-1
ii tex-common 6.15
ii texlive-base 2020.20200925-1
ii texlive-binaries 2020.20200327.54578-5
ii texlive-latex-base 2020.20200925-1
ii texlive-luatex 2020.20200925-1
ii texlive-plain-generic 2020.20200925-1
Versions of packages texlive-extra-utils recommends:
ii ghostscript 9.53.3~dfsg-5
ii libfile-homedir-perl 1.006-1
ii liblog-log4perl-perl 1.53-1
ii libyaml-tiny-perl 1.73-1
ii ruby 1:2.7+2
ii ruby1.9.1 [ruby-interpreter] 1.9.3.484-2
ii ruby2.0 [ruby-interpreter] 2.0.0.484+really457-3
ii ruby2.1 [ruby-interpreter] 2.1.5-4
ii ruby2.2 [ruby-interpreter] 2.2.4-1
ii texlive-latex-recommended 2020.20200925-1
Versions of packages texlive-extra-utils suggests:
pn chktex <none>
ii default-jre-headless 2:1.11-72
pn dvidvi <none>
pn dvipng <none>
pn fragmaster <none>
pn lacheck <none>
pn latexdiff <none>
pn latexmk <none>
pn purifyeps <none>
pn xindy <none>
Versions of packages tex-common depends on:
ii dpkg 1.20.5
ii ucf 3.0043
Versions of packages tex-common suggests:
ii debhelper 13.2.1
Versions of packages texlive-extra-utils is related to:
ii tex-common 6.15
ii texlive-binaries 2020.20200327.54578-5
-- debconf information:
tex-common/check_texmf_wrong:
tex-common/singleuser: true
tex-common/check_texmf_missing:
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<Tolimar> basti198551: Kuck dir nochmal
http://www.tty1.net/smart-questions_de.html an.
<basti198551> keine ahnung was das mit smart-questions zu tuzn haben soll ..
verstehen tut mich doch eh keiner
<basti198551> und das nicht nur hier
<Tolimar> EBEN!
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: texlive-extra
Source-Version: 2026.20260527-1
Done: Hilmar Preuße <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
texlive-extra, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Hilmar Preuße <[email protected]> (supplier of updated texlive-extra package)
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Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 21:43:45 +0200
Source: texlive-extra
Architecture: source
Version: 2026.20260527-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian TeX Task Force <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Hilmar Preuße <[email protected]>
Closes: 974724 1091785 1124347
Changes:
texlive-extra (2026.20260527-1) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* New upstream snapshot.
* Overhauled documentation / manual page for pdfjam (Closes: #974724),
(Closes: #1091785).
* Improvements for show-pdf-tags.1 applied (Closes: #1124347).
* Add patch for arara.1
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