Bug 17171

(In reply to Thewada from comment #0)
> Hi there
> Trying to use the tool 'deformation cage' (Shift - G) in gimp 2.8, but it
> bugs when the cage is completed, and that makes gimp crah.

Hi Thewada!

Thanks for the report. On x86-64 Cauldron, GIMP gets stuck after completing the cage tool. I am unable to reproduce the problem on gimp-2.18.4 built from source against gegl-0.2, but the Mageia GIMP was patched to use gegl-0.3.x which does not seem to be officially released yet. It's hard for me to work like that. One thing I can try is to create a gegl0.2 package and use that hoping it will fix the problem with GIMP.

Regards,

-- Shlomi Fish

As an update, problem still seems to persist even in mga6 and probably still in cauldron, as reported via https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12326.

Same issue also affects Ubuntu, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/+bug/1614593
which was fixed by building it against gegl-0.2

CC: (none) => doktor5000
Whiteboard: (none) => MGA6TOO

Workaround for users needing this functionality: as suggested in the given forum thread there is appimage and flatpak of Gimp. Howto: https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Ways_to_install_programs#Universal_package_formats

Florian, you mentioned cauldron also seem to be affected.

Crashing is normally considered a major or critical bug (user may loose work)

Severity: minor => major
CC: (none) => fri
Source RPM: (none) => gimp-2.8.22-1.mga6.src.rpm
Version: 5 => Cauldron

gimp-2.10.10-1.mga7
Playing with this tool - I cannot make it crash. Unsure about "when the cage is completed". I assume it was fixed in 2.10.
Re-open the bug if you find differently.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Assignee: shlomif => bugsquad
Resolution: (none) => FIXED