From afad44e2c4fd2fb59bedd83e4bbe48bcf5bf90f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dirk Lemstra <dirk@lemstra.org>
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 15:11:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Show a better error message when executing "magick convert"
 when the project is build with exclusion of the deprecated methods.

---
 utilities/magick.c | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utilities/magick.c b/utilities/magick.c
index 34794ad45d..44166feda9 100644
--- a/utilities/magick.c
+++ b/utilities/magick.c
@@ -120,7 +120,16 @@ static int MagickMain(int argc,char **argv)
 
   ssize_t
     i;
-
+  
+#if defined(MAGICKCORE_EXCLUDE_DEPRECATED)
+  if ((argc > 1) &&
+      (LocaleNCompare("magick",argv[0],sizeof("magick")-1) == 0) &&
+      (LocaleNCompare("convert",argv[1],sizeof("convert")-1) == 0))
+    {
+      (void) fprintf(stderr,"Use \"magick\" instead of the deprecated command \"magick convert\".\n");
+      exit(1);
+    }
+#endif
   MagickCoreGenesis(*argv,MagickTrue);
   MagickWandGenesis();
   exception=AcquireExceptionInfo();