[Bug 393818] Re: libpaper should honor the LC_PAPER instead of /etc/papersize

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** Changed in: libpaper (Debian)
       Status: New => Fix Released

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Title:
  libpaper should honor the LC_PAPER instead of /etc/papersize

Status in libpaper package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in libpaper package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  libpaper should be fixed to honor locale settings instead of always
  reading /etc/papersize.

  I'd prefer removing support for /etc/papersize altogether, but
  honoring locale settings over a global file would be a nice start.

  Actual results  (I have "a4" in /etc/papersize):

  $ LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 paperconf -s -m
  210 mm 297 mm
  $ LC_PAPER=en_DK.UTF-8 paperconf -s -m
  210 mm 297 mm

  Expected results:

  $LC_PAPER=en_US.UTF-8 paperconf -s -m
  215.9 mm 279.4 mm

  $ LC_PAPER=en_DK.UTF-8 paperconf -s -m
  210 mm 297 mm

  (paperconf should probably also use "-s" or "-i" automatically
  according to LC_MEASUREMENT)

  $ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
  Description:	Ubuntu 9.04
  Release:	9.04
  Codename:	jaunty

  $ apt-cache policy libpaper1
  libpaper1:
    Installed: 1.1.23+nmu1
    Candidate: 1.1.23+nmu1
    Version table:
   *** 1.1.23+nmu1 0
          500 http://fi.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/main Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  $ ldd $(which paperconf)
  	linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fffaeffe000)
  	libpaper.so.1 => /usr/lib/libpaper.so.1 (0x00007f13a6a7e000)
  	libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007f13a670c000)
  	/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007f13a6c82000)

  Other information:
  libpaper seems to honor PAPERSIZE environment variable. The PAPERSIZE environment variable seems inferior to querying actual paper size because every application that inspects the PAPERSIZE environment variable must include a list of paper names and sizes and such list cannot ever be complete.

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