When I convert a simple gif file to pnm with giftopnm in the current netpbm, I get this message: giftopnm: Reading Image Sequence 0 There are several problems here: 1) The -image option to giftopnm starts numbering the sequenced images from 1, not 0. This message should be consistent and say 1, not 0. 2) This message probably shouldn't appear by default. It should only apear if -verbose is specified. 3) If it must appear by default, there should be a -quiet option to make it go away or something. Redirecting stderr to /dev/null to make it go away is bad because then real error messages would also be lost.
Fixed in netpbm-10.19-3 and later, removed the annoying message by default, only appears when using -verbose. Also fixed the numbering, now starts with 1 instead of 0. Read ya, Phil