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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643083

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643083#c0


           Summary: groff: remove /etc/papersize from the RPM
    Classification: openSUSE
           Product: openSUSE 11.4
           Version: Factory
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: SuSE Other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: Minor
          Priority: P5 - None
         Component: Other
        AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: jsmeix@xxxxxxxxxx
         QAContact: qa@xxxxxxx
                CC: tiwai@xxxxxxxxxx, mvyskocil@xxxxxxxxxx
          Found By: Development
           Blocker: ---


Our groff package contains /etc/papersize by accident.

This can cause confusion in applications which read it
what the right papersize is because it seems /etc/papersize
contains hardcoded "letter" regardless which locale
settings the user selected during system installation
(except for US locales the usual paper size is "A4").

See
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=88286#c14
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.. please don't rely on /etc/papersize. This is a debian extension to
groff, which "accidentally" is in our groff package as well because we
use the debian groff patch to make groff work for Japanese.
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If possible I suggest to remove the /etc/papersize
file at all (i.e. when groff does not need it)
or at least change its content to "A4" by default
or provide some RPM post-install magic to set its content
according to the locale settings the user did during system
installation (and use "A4" as fallback if the magic fails).

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