gthumb does not honor camera pic import destination directory

[Tpugliese]

Binary package hint: gthumb

When I import pictures with gthumb, it will always place them in a subdirectory in ~/Pictures even if I use set a different directory in Preferences. The selected directory is even shown in the drop-down before I click Import but the pictures always end up in ~/Pictures.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: gthumb 3:2.11.3-2build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.34-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 13 22:21:24 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gthumb
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gthumb

[Tpugliese (thomas-pugliese)]

I upgraded to 2.12.0 as recommended by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gthumb/+bug/659936 and the problem is still present.