[Pkg-gmagick-im-team] Bug#860763: imagemagick: /etc/imagemagick-6/policy.xml useless limits settings

[Matt Roberds]

Hello all!

I just wanted to note that bug 941724 is probably related to this one:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=941724

Also:

Edmund Christian Herenz <eherenz at eso.org> wrote:
> So from what I understand by reading this bugreport is that there is a
> workaround by removing the memory rule in
> /etc/ImageMagick-6/policy.xml - but this file might be overwritten by
> an security upgrade, right?

If a security update wants to replace that file, the installer *should*
detect that you have modified the policy.xml file, and ask you what to
do (keep your file, install new file, etc).

Thanks!

Matt Roberds