#780224 [wontfix][workarround] change of behovior compare

Package:
imagemagick
Source:
imagemagick
Description:
image manipulation programs -- binaries
Submitter:
Sanjoy Mahajan
Date:
2015-05-18 03:27:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#780224#5
Date:
2015-03-10 19:10:15 UTC
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Dear Maintainer,
#780224#22
Date:
2015-05-16 09:37:01 UTC
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To:
control: tags -1 + wontfix
control: tags -1 + patch
control: retitle -1 [wontfix][workarround] change of behovior compare
no longer terminates output with \n

At some point, the developers decided that the default output of the
command line tools would be for consumption by other programs or
scripts-- and any command with the -verbose option would be for human
consumption. As a result, non-verbose command-line program output does
not include a newline. For the -format option, you can insert a
newline with \n but unfortunately you cannot with the compare program
other than returning verbose info.

As a workarround if you want an added newline, you can have it:
compare -format "\n" -metric RMSE rose: rose: NULL

Bastien
#780224#33
Date:
2015-05-18 02:53:32 UTC
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I disagree with the developers' reasoning (programs also like newlines),
but thank you for the useful workaround.