GIMP 2.8.10 bug causes severe data loss
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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The Gimp |
Fix Released
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Critical
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gimp (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The current version of GIMP in the repository used by Linux Mint 17.1 is version 2.8.10. This version has an exceptionally serious bug that can result in total loss of image data in an XCF file saved to an SMB share. Upon saving, this bug causes GIMP to corrupt the XCF file with added null bytes or in the worst case replace image data with null bytes. The user is given NO hint that anything has gone wrong. If she then closes that image file and then reopens it again, she will get what appears to be an empty image and a message "Can't work on an empty image, add a layer first".
This is bug 730211 on GNOME Bugzilla (https:/
It seems the only reliable workaround for GIMP 2.8.10 is to NEVER save to an SMB share.
Changed in gimp: | |
importance: | Unknown → Critical |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in gimp: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
no longer affects: | gimp (Ubuntu) |
affects: | linuxmint → gimp (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gimp (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.