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Bug 161593 - Gimp does not save to .xpm image format
Gimp does not save to .xpm image format
Status: RESOLVED NOTGNOME
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: Plugins
2.0.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2004-12-18 01:57 UTC by Ari Pollak
Modified: 2004-12-18 02:23 UTC
See Also:
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Description Ari Pollak 2004-12-18 01:57:54 UTC 
From Debian bug report http://bugs.debian.org/286164

To Reproduce:
Create a new image. Save as .xpm format.

Error message:
Saving '/tmp/image.xpm' failed: Plug-In could not save image

This bug doesn't occur if you open an existing an XPM and re-save it as XPM.
Comment 1 Ari Pollak 2004-12-18 02:03:21 UTC 
I should note that the error message pops up after the Save dialog's progress
bar goes to nearly 100%.
Comment 2 Ari Pollak 2004-12-18 02:17:48 UTC 
Update from bug submitter:

This bug is in due to a recent change in the libXpm library. See the
following URLs for details.

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1924
"The new sanity checks prevent using file names that start with a "/"
which along
with other checks wouldn't let you use libXpm to write files that aren't in or
beneath the process's current working directory. Not exactly what you want if
you use it e.g. from the GIMP's xpm load/save plugin."

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=140815
"In xc/extras/Xpm/lib/WrFFrI.c you find this gem:
[...]
    if(len == 0                        ||
       filename[0] == '/'              ||
       strstr(filename, "../") != NULL ||
       filename[len-1] == '/')
        return(XpmOpenFailed);
[...]"
Comment 3 Ari Pollak 2004-12-18 02:22:25 UTC 
Closing bug since it's not really worth fixing this in the gimp, so I'll forward
this to the Debian X team.