> Hi Mukund, > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 09:01:16PM -0300, Luis A. Florit wrote: > > > > Here is the bug in question: > > > > > > > > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446809 > > > > > > In fact, this bug in 2.3.18 is not related (only) to Bibble. > > > > Yes, it's not limited to Bibble. That's a title stated by the reporter, > > but the bug encompasses the class of bugs where EXIF info is not saved > > when the EXIF info in the source image is broken (missing required > > tags). > > Various cameras/applications can make such images with faulty EXIF info. > > Please excuse me, Mukund, but I will be very surprised > if this has something to do with broken EXIF data. > > I have 3 cameras: a Canon SD500, a Nikon Coolpix 4500, and a > Panasonic FZ50. For the 3, I never have any problem with GIMP > (or any other program). Now, for the 3, the "Save as..." > dialog (yes, Sven, the "Save as..." dialog) show no "Save EXIF data" > option, and for the 3 the EXIF data is now removed. > > So: > > 1) Is the EXIF source in the all the 3 cameras (of 3 different brands) broken? > 2) Why all the other graphic programs that I use (showfoto, gqview, gthumb, > exiftool) always showed the EXIF data with no problem, and still show? > 3) Why the "Save EXIF data" option in the "Save as..." dialog is no longer present? > 4) Why GIMP deletes the EXIF data now? > 5) If broken, why previous versions of GIMP preserve the EXIF data? > GIMP 2.3.16 2.3.17 and 2.2.14 still work perfectly for me > (in this respect; I had to stop using 2.3.17 because it crashed > consistently, probably because of its known bug). > > > > I have a Panasonic FZ50 whose EXIF data was always preserved by > > > GIMP. Now, opening a file straight from the camera with GIMP and > > > immediately saving it deletes the EXIF. And in the "Save as..." > > > dialog, there is no option to save (or not) the EXIF, as it always > > > was. Not evey a grey unavailable option. > > > > > > I reported this issue a week ago to this list, but got no answer. > > > > First, do a check with GIMP trunk and see if the issue has been > > fixed. If not, please report your image (the original source image) > > at the same bug too. We'll take a look at it and if it's a different > > bug, then we'll file another one for it. Please mark the bug as > > reopened too when you attach the image. > > Ok. I realized what happens. Compiling the trunk, I saw that GIMP (also version >= 2.3.18) needs "libexif >= 0.6.15", while there is no RPM repository with libexif version bigger than 0.6.13. (Probably most RPM based distros have the libexif outdated). Observe that version libexif 0.6.15 has a delicate security bug that was only fixed in the last version 0.6.16 (2007-06-12). My fault, I should have checked better the config log. Sorry. Thanks again, Mukund. L. _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
