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Symlink bug report

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Symlink bug report Karmus 22 Apr 23:52
  Symlink bug report Michael Natterer 29 Apr 00:45
Karmus
2017-04-22 23:52:40 UTC (about 7 years ago)

Symlink bug report

When saving on top of a symlink, the program follows the symlink and creates the file with the destination file name and type extension. This can be problematic if saving in PNG, and the outcome is JPEG.

Michael Natterer
2017-04-29 00:45:14 UTC (about 7 years ago)

Symlink bug report

On Sun, 2017-04-23 at 01:52 +0200, Karmus wrote:

When saving on top of a symlink, the program follows the symlink and creates the file with the destination file name and type extension. This
can be problematic if saving in PNG, and the outcome is JPEG.

You have a symlink

foo.png -> foo.jpg

and then you tell GIMP to export to foo.png, effectively writing to foo.jpg

GIMP is behaving exactly as it should, the broken symlink is your own fault.

Regards,
Mitch