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Bug 148929 - gflare will modify global presets if it has the appropriate file permissions
gflare will modify global presets if it has the appropriate file permissions
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: Plugins
git master
Other All
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
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Reported: 2004-07-31 14:17 UTC by Shlomi Fish
Modified: 2018-05-24 11:09 UTC
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Description Shlomi Fish 2004-07-31 14:17:44 UTC
When GIMP is installed into a directory that is writable by the current user, 
then gflare will overwrite the global presets when it is being edited. If the 
user has no permission to do so, then it will just issue a warning that it 
could not write to it. 
 
To reproduce: 
 
1. Install gimp under a user-editable prefix (say $HOME/apps/gimp-cvs) 
 
2. Open an RGB image. 
 
3. Filters -> Light Effects -> GFlare. 
 
4. Press the Edit button in the Selector tab. 
 
5. In Glow -> Radiant Gradient change the gradient to "Four Bars". 
 
6. Press OK. 
 
7. Press OK. 
 
8. Filters -> Light Effect -> GFlare. 
 
Now it can be seen that the preset has changed. (one can also compare the file 
to the pristine copy in the GIMP source).
Comment 1 Michael Natterer 2004-08-03 15:02:41 UTC
It seems the only approach which will really fix this is to introduce
a separate writable_path for all plug-ins which have search paths
for their data.

See bug #132214 for how this was done for brushes, patterns etc.
Comment 2 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 11:09:34 UTC
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