On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 10:01:53AM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
> There are many security issues fixed since the netpbm package was
> created; I don't have a tally. Some of these fixes are contained in this
> release, but some are only available on the netpbm 'super-stable'
> branch. The netpbm release strategy is complicated; it will take some
> time to find relevant bug fixes and port them to this release series.

I'm going to "punt" on this for now. Searching through the four
different release series to find bug fixes that we can graft has not
been fruitful. If anyone notices useful patches being applied by other
distros, please bring them to our attention.

> Subject: [PATCH] gnu: netpbm: Update to 10.78.3.
> 
> * gnu/packages/netpbm.scm (netpbm): Update to 10.78.3.
> [arguments]: Disable the tests 'ps-alt-roundtrip.test' and
> 'pbm-misc-converters.test'. Update the RGB-file path substitution.
> WIP: Disable the tests 'jpeg-roundtrip.test' and 'pbmtext.test'.

I pushed this to core-updates. I forgot to remove the "WIP" marker in
the commit message.