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--- Begin Message ---Package: netpbm Version: 2:10.0-11 Severity: minor File: /usr/bin/pnmtotiff The man page says: -lzw doesn't really work because the Tiff library doesn't do LZW compression. It used to, but its developers removed the function out of concern about violating Unisys's patent. This option remains in case you use a Tiff library that cooperates, now or in the future. However, using -lzw does work. Thios should certainly be the default, as stated in the same page: Actually, the best default would be to use LZW compression, which is what pnmtotiff used to do by default. However, the Tiff library no longer does LZW compression due to concerns with violating Unisys's patent on LZW compression. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-proposed-updates') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages netpbm depends on: ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libnetpbm10 2:10.0-11 Shared libraries for netpbm ii libpng12-0 1.2.15~beta5-1 PNG library - runtime ii libtiff4 3.8.2-7 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages netpbm recommends: ii gs-esp [gs] 8.15.3.dfsg.1-1 The Ghostscript PostScript interpr ii gs-gpl [gs] 8.54.dfsg.1-5 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript int -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---Version: 2:11.01.00-2 On 2007-05-09 Francesco Potorti` <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: netpbm > Version: 2:10.0-11 > Severity: minor > File: /usr/bin/pnmtotiff > The man page says: > -lzw doesn't really > work because the Tiff library doesn't do LZW compression. It > used to, but its developers removed the function out of > concern about violating Unisys's patent. This option remains > in case you use a Tiff library that cooperates, now or in > the future. [...] In the current version pnmtotiff has been replaced by pamtotiff with updated documentation. cu Andreas -- `What a good friend you are to him, Dr. Maturin. His other friends are so grateful to you.' `I sew his ears on from time to time, sure'
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