digiKam crashing on every second or third XCF file - is there a config file I can modify?

[Gilles Caulier]

No you cannot.

Uninstall the KDE XCF plugin loader is a solution but it will remove a
collection of type mime support at the same time.

Gilles Caulier

2017-10-28 20:19 GMT+02:00 Andrey Goreev <aegoreev at gmail.com>:

> Maybe that is possible to recompile digikam with xfc support turned off ?
>
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Elle Stone <ellestone at ninedegreesbelow.com>
> Date: 2017-10-28 12:17 PM (GMT-07:00)
> To: digikam-users at kde.org
> Subject: Re: digiKam crashing on every second or third XCF file - is there
> a config file I can modify?
>
> On 10/28/2017 01:40 PM, Gilles Caulier wrote:
> > The crash about XCF is a redondant problem, due to changes in XCF format.
>
> Well, actually digiKam did crash on some older XCF files, just not on
> all of them.
>
> >
> > The XCF image loader is delegate to KDE frameworks which provide the
> > relevant plugin.
>
> What software packages do I modify so that KDE frameworks does *not*
> provide the relevant GIMP XCF plugin? It seems a shame that digiKam
> crashes instead of just ignoring file formats that it can't open.
>
> If KDE frameworks would completely ignore XCF files, I could add "xcf"
> as a new file format, and digiKam would just show a blank thumbnail,
> which would be great. Well, at least I'd be able to use digiKam to
> browse to the XCF files, locate which is which using the "png sidecar"
> files, and then open the actual XCF file from digiKam.
>
> Best,
> Elle
>
>
>
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