[Bug 1589580] Re: Text files cannot be converted to pdf

[Mathew Hodson]

Fixed upstream with
https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/commit/6aa437636a348414dfba103f873684f76f9f9934

** Tags added: patch-accepted-upstream regression-update xenial

** Changed in: imagemagick (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Summary changed:

- Text files cannot be converted to pdf
+ Security improvements to TEXT coder broke it

** Tags removed: patch-accepted-upstream

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Title:
  Security improvements to TEXT coder broke it

Status in imagemagick package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  In ubuntu 16.04 (xenial):

  $ convert test.txt test.pdf
  convert: improper image header `test.txt' @ error/txt.c/ReadTXTImage/433.
  convert: no images defined `test.pdf' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3210.

  $ lsb_release -rd
  Description:	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  Release:	16.04

  $ apt-cache policy imagemagick
  imagemagick:
    Installed: 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
    Candidate: 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1
    Version table:
   *** 8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5.1 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
          500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
       8:6.8.9.9-7ubuntu5 500
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

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