Comment 13 for bug 603923

Good news. I've got a fix. The latest exiv2 library (0.20) fixes this.

I downloaded the code from the exiv2 web site and built it from source. I also built and installed expat and zlib. I renamed /usr/lib/libexiv2.so.6.0.0 to hide it - so that the hand-build /usr/local/lib/libexiv2.so.9.0.0 would get loaded. Now phatch is happy (and fast - the strange delay has gone).

You may be fortunate and the Package manager will download and install exiv2 0.20 for you. (sudo apt-get install exiv2). exiv2 -V will tell you the version. If you need assistance to build exiv2 from source, let me know and I'll try to help.

I had a look at the bug list on the exiv2 web site and I didn't see a bug report which made me say "ah, yes - there's the culprit". However I think that's only a matter of more digging. I could ask our friend Andreas if he recalls this issue.

Anyway, I hope this fixes things for you.