Package: netpbm Version: 2:10.0-12.2+b1 Severity: normal the ppmtoppm program is missing from debian's netpbm package, the original upstream version seems to have it since over four years ago: http://netpbm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/netpbm/trunk/converter/ppm/ppmtoppm.c?view=log
while the program might seem redundant/useless at first sight, remember that ppm <- pgm <- pbm are downward compatible, so you can pass any netpbm program that expects a ppm file a pgm or pbm, and any program that expects a pgm a pbm. the ppmtoppm tool forces promoting a file to a ppm if it was not a ppm already, this may be needed to process a file with external programs that expects a specific format. (if you require an example for a case where the format is not known previously, consider the various import tools that will output pbm/pgm/ppm depending on the color depth of the input file.) -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages netpbm depends on: ii libc6 2.10.2-8 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libjpeg62 6b1-1 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libnetpbm10 2:10.0-12.2+b1 Graphics conversion tools shared l ii libpng12-0 1.2.43-1 PNG library - runtime ii libtiff4 3.9.2-3+b1 Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages netpbm recommends: ii ghostscript 8.71~dfsg-4 The GPL Ghostscript PostScript/PDF netpbm suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
