ImageMagick Convert deprecated

[DGedye]

I get this warning:

beginning of interactive cover art selection
/home/darren/abcde.f70fc210/cover.jpg PNG 300x300 300x300+0+0 8-bit sRGB 210193B 0.000u 0:00.000
Do you want to enter URL or local path for the album art [y/N]?
WARNING: The convert command is deprecated in IMv7, use "magick" instead of "convert" or "magick convert"

ImageMagick 7 was released in 2016

https://imagemagick.org/porting/#deprecate had this to say:
IMPORTANT: The "$ magick" command is the new primary command of the Shell API, replacing the old "convert" command. This allows you to create a 'magick script' of the form "#!/path/to/command/magick -script", or pipe options into a command "magick -script -, as a background process.

I got rid of the warning by adding this to my abcde.conf :

# FORCE ABCDE TO USE MODERN IMAGEMAGICK v7 BINARY
CONVERT=magick

[poddmo]

Thanks for the report and fix - it works for me. Which distro and version are you running? I recently rebuilt my ripping box and installed Ubuntu 26.04 yet this new release OS didn't present me with the deprecation warning.

Based on the info at the deprecate link, when I update the debian packaging (issue #35) I should be looking for minimum version 6 of imagemagick and then update the default and sample configuration to CONVERT=magick

Here's a look at my current environment:

root@phenom:~# ls -l /usr/bin/convert
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Mar 21 07:51 /usr/bin/convert -> /etc/alternatives/convert
root@phenom:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/convert
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Mar 21 07:51 /etc/alternatives/convert -> /usr/bin/convert-im7.q16
root@phenom:~# dpkg -S /usr/bin/convert-im7.q16
imagemagick-7.q16: /usr/bin/convert-im7.q16
root@phenom:~# dpkg -l | grep magick
ii  imagemagick                                8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1                         amd64        image manipulation programs -- binaries
ii  imagemagick-7-common                       8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1                         all          image manipulation programs -- infrastructure
ii  imagemagick-7.q16                          8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1                         amd64        image manipulation programs -- quantum depth Q16
ii  libmagickcore-7.q16-10:amd64               8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1                         amd64        low-level image manipulation library -- quantum depth Q16
ii  libmagickcore-7.q16-10-extra:amd64         8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1                         amd64        low-level image manipulation library - extra codecs (Q16)
ii  libmagickwand-7.q16-10:amd64               8:7.1.2.18+dfsg1-1                         amd64        image manipulation library -- quantum depth Q16

user@phenom:~$ grep CONVERT .abcde.conf
CONVERT=convert
# For example: CONVERTOPTS="-colorspace RGB -resize 600x600>"
CONVERTOPTS="-resize 1200x1200>"
# ALBUMARTTYPE, use ALBUMARTALWAYSCONVERT="y" to always call convert
ALBUMARTALWAYSCONVERT="y"
user@phenom:~$ magick -version
Version: ImageMagick 7.1.2-18 Q16 x86_64 23822 https://imagemagick.org
Copyright: (C) 1999 ImageMagick Studio LLC
License: https://imagemagick.org/license/
Features: Cipher DPC Modules OpenMP(4.5)
Delegates (built-in): bzlib djvu fftw fontconfig freetype heic jbig jng jp2 jpeg lcms lqr ltdl lzma openexr pangocairo png raw tiff webp wmf x xml zlib zstd
Compiler: gcc (15.2)

[poddmo]

I updated the labels as bug seemed too harsh for a warning that doesn't impact operation.

I would still appreciate if you could let me know which OS Distro+Version and magick -version gave the warning

[DGedye]

I agree with removing the "bug" label. I was still happily ripping my CDs with the message there, but while I was waiting for the next CD I got curious about it, and when I found out how easy it was to remove the warning I thought I'd pass it it on thinking it might be included as a .cfg option?

Sorry about the delay in replying re ny distro. I use the latest Linux Mint with the cinnamon desktop. However what caused the delay is that ImageMagick isn't included in that distro! So I ended up going down a rabbit hole trying to figure out when and how I installed it. I still haven't hit the bottom of that hole, but my best guess is that I manually compiled it about 6-9 months ago when I started having problems with Mint's built in Pix snd was looking for alternatives.

By the way, I used ABCDE about 10 years ago to rip my CDs to *.ogg formst (because I didn't know about flac). Thanks so much for forking it and keeping it alive! I tried fre:ac this time but it kept freezing. However ABCDE is still working perfectly! 😀

[poddmo]

Thanks for the reply. It's really nice to hear it's used and appreciated.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ubuntu compiled that warning out of imagemagick to minimise the support surface area. I'll stick to the plan and recommend version 6+ and change config as per your recommendation