GNU bug report logs - #33587
[PROPOSED] Default to disabling ImageMagick

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 18:10:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: security

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #16 received at 33587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 33587 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU>
Subject: Re: bug#33587: [PROPOSED] Default to disabling ImageMagick
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2018 15:51:57 -0800

Andreas Schwab wrote:
> ImageMagick is the only backend that supports scaling.

Good point, and if we make the change, the scaling issue should be mentioned in 
INSTALL. Perhaps something like the following wording:

"Although ImageMagick support is disabled by default due to security
and stability concerns, you can enable it by configuring with
--with-imagemagick.  ImageMagick is the only backend that supports
image scaling."
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