diff -urNp a/converter/ppm/winicontoppm.c b/converter/ppm/winicontoppm.c

--- a/converter/ppm/winicontoppm.c	2021-08-16 15:01:10.340119568 +0200

+++ b/converter/ppm/winicontoppm.c	2021-08-16 15:02:02.414864550 +0200

@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ readU1String (FILE *       const ifP,

         pm_error("out of memory");

     rc = fread(string, sizeof(u1), length, ifP);

-    if (rc < length) {

+ /*   if (rc < length) {

         if (feof(ifP))

             pm_error("File read failed.  Premature end of file");

         else

             pm_error("File read failed.  Errno=%d (%s)",

                      errno, strerror(errno));

-    }

+    }*/

     string[length] = 0;

     fileOffset += length * sizeof(u1);