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181208 Marc Joliet wrote: |
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> This is mentioned in the emerge output when installing imagemagick. |
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> From the 7.0.8.14 ebuild : |
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> elog "For security reasons, a policy.xml file was installed in |
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> /etc/ImageMagick-7" |
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> elog "which will prevent the usage of the following coders by default:" |
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> elog "" |
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> elog " - PS" |
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> elog " - PS2" |
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> elog " - PS3" |
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> elog " - EPS" |
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> elog " - PDF" |
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> elog " - XPS" |
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What exactly are the "security reasons" ? |
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Do they apply to a single-user system ? -- if not, |
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why is the restrictive version of the policy file installed by default |
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rather than a warning at the end of the emerge output ? |
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