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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2019-05-13 22:59:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2019-05-13 23:07:05 -0700 |
| commit | d2dea70415ca7ec390a2de11b224ab4cbb2c6b55 (patch) | |
| tree | d9d39ce173af2dc2f51582a5b2097fca412dcfe4 /etc | |
| parent | e0ee41d155b210327eb9c9ad5334f80ed59439f4 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-d2dea70415ca7ec390a2de11b224ab4cbb2c6b55.tar.gz | |
Default to disabling ImageMagick (Bug#33587)
ImageMagick has continuing stability and security problems, suggesting
that 'configure' should disable it by default. See Glenn Morris's notes
at: https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2018-12/msg00036.html
* INSTALL, etc/NEWS, nt/INSTALL.W64: Mention this.
* configure.ac (imagemagick): Default to off.
Diffstat (limited to 'etc')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ functions 'json-serialize', 'json-insert', 'json-parse-string', and 'json-parse-buffer' are typically much faster than their Lisp counterparts from json.el. +** Emacs no longer defaults to using ImageMagick to display images, +due to security and stability concerns. To override the default, use +'configure --with-imagemagick'. + ** Several configure options now accept an option-argument 'ifavailable'. For example, './configure --with-xpm=ifavailable' now configures Emacs to attempt to use libxpm but to continue building even if libxpm is |