[Digikam-users] updating dcraw for Pentax K10D PEF format

[Sami Cokar]

*):   *If you have not modified dcraw.c in any way, a link to my
    homepage qualifies as "full source code".

does digikam modify dcraw.c?  if not, then no issues.

if so, why? libkdcraw should handle any/all messy parms to dcraw.c


>From: scott chevalley <avalon at osguru.org>
>Reply-To: digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses 
><digikam-users at kde.org>
>To: digiKam - Digital Photo Management for the masses 
><digikam-users at kde.org>
>Subject: Re: [Digikam-users] updating dcraw for Pentax K10D PEF format
>Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:54:29 -0400
>
>I'm not sure I understand what the issues is with the license...  I read
>the thread below, but it really didn't explain why debian has an issue
>with the license in dcraw>=8.61...
>
>could you explain it for a license idiot like me?  :)
>
>thanks
>scott
>
>Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > bad news with dcraw.c >= 8.61 license under Debian. Look here :
> >
> > https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dcraw/+bug/86480
> >
> > This is want mean than dcraw and others programs witch use this
> > implementation (like UFRAW for example) wil be not available in the
> > future into Debian & co (:=(((
> >
> > About digiKam 0.9.2, Following Achim Bohnet tips, i have temporally
> > frozen dcraw.c implementation into libkdcraw to 8.60. i waiting
> > changes from dcraw author...
> >
> > I hope than an issue will be found int the future...
> >
> > Gilles
> >
> > 2007/4/10, Guillaume Castagnino <casta at xwing.info
> > <mailto:casta at xwing.info>>:
> >
> >     Le Mon, 09 Apr 2007 11:04:20 -0400, scott chevalley a écrit:
> >
> >     > Hi,
> >     >
> >     > I have a Pentax K10d and I shoot in Raw format primarily.  I've 
>done
> >     > some research and found that the version of dcraw that digikam
> >     uses is
> >     > 8.41 which does not yet support this format, but version 8.69,
> >     which is
> >     > the newest, does.  I looked through the online svn and found
> >     > instructions for updating the dcraw.c file and followed them
> >     using the
> >     > source rpm for digikam 9.1 and modifying the dcraw.c file and
> >     putting it
> >     > where it goes.
> >     >
> >     > digikam rebuilds fine and works and I can see the .PEF files and
> >     view
> >     > them, but if I try to edit them in showfoto I get a dialog
> >     saying the
> >     > version of digikamdcraw is too old.  I have looked through all the
> >     > source to see what showfoto is looking for to determine version of
> >     > digikamdcraw, but I can't find anything in the new file that
> >     would break
> >     > the version check.
> >     >
> >     > does anyone have any ideas of how to get this to work?
> >     >
> >     > thanks
> >     > Scott
> >
> >     Hi,
> >
> >     You can apply this patch against dcraw 8.69 that make it works with
> >     digikam 0.9.1 by maintaining the interface just like 8.41 (and
> >     backporting bilateral noise filter feature used by digikam dialog) :
> >     http://gentoo.xwing.info/media-gfx/dcraw/files/dcraw-8.69-backward-
> >     
><http://gentoo.xwing.info/media-gfx/dcraw/files/dcraw-8.69-backward->
> >     compat.patch
> >
> >     Then :
> >     - either integrate the patched version of dcraw in digikam 0.9.1
> >     as you
> >     did ;
> >     - or use this patch
> >     http://gentoo.xwing.info/media-gfx/digikam/files/
> >     <http://gentoo.xwing.info/media-gfx/digikam/files/>
> >     digikam-0.9.1-external-dcraw.patch against digikam 0.9.1 to use
> >     external
> >     backported dcraw (I personally prefer this solution, even if it
> >     force me
> >     to maintain myself backward compatibility of dcraw to work with the
> >     current digikam version)
> >
> >     Other solution of course is as Gilles said to use svn version that
> >     integrate a more recent version of dcraw
> >
> >     Chears,
> >     Guillaume
> >
> >     --
> >     cdlt,
> >     Guillaume Castagnino
> >
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