[Digikam-devel] [Bug 310153] New: Images are not visible in the Main Image Window of Digikam, if the files are created as relative links.

[Klaus]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310153

            Bug ID: 310153
          Severity: normal
           Version: unspecified
          Priority: NOR
          Assignee: digikam-devel at kde.org
           Summary: Images are not visible in the Main Image Window of
                    Digikam, if the files are created as relative links.
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux
          Reporter: klaus.thoennissen at web.de
          Hardware: openSUSE RPMs
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
         Component: Albums GUI
           Product: digikam

digiKam
Version 2.2.0
Unter KDE 4.7.2 (4.7.2) "release 5"

OS: openSUSE 12.1 (i586)

Problem: Images are not visible in the Main Image Window of Digikam, if the
files are created as relative links.

ls -l :
lrwxrwxrwx 1 klaus users 50 15. Nov 13:55 drittes_Bild ->
../2012_10_27_Sao_Lourenco/2012-10-27_15-17-54.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 klaus users 43 15. Nov 13:53 erstes_bild ->
../2012_10_25_Hinflug/aeroporto_funchal.jpg
lrwxrwxrwx 1 klaus users 49 15. Nov 13:50 zweites_Bild ->
../2012_10_26_Porto_Moniz/2012-10-26_14-42-59.jpg

If I use absolute links, the image-presentation is OK.

Intention/workflow for using relative links:
Storing all of the images using the structure:
/Year/Journey/YYYY-MM-DD/imagenumber.jpg and 
for every journey creating one directory with a selection of images: 
/Year/Journey/selection/link_number.jpg   ---> these are relative links to
files stored in the YYYY-MM-DD-directories.
The selection-image-groups are base for my image-slideshows.
Using links instead of copies prevents additional amount of storage and
redundancy-free storing.
Using relative links instead of absolute links allows to copy the
image-collection and included the selection-directories to an external
backup/USB-device and then use this copy on a second PC (there either with
digiKam or another presentation-software).


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Build one directory with relative links and on with absolute links as part of
a structure of images
2.Present these directories in digiKam-Main-Window

Actual Results:  
Presentation is correct using absolute links, but not with relative links 

Expected Results:  
DigiKam should present images based on relative links too

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