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