Re: [Gramps-bugs] [GRAMPS] Export GEDCOM with photo

[James G. S. (jim) <jg...@sa...>]

Benny Malengier wrote:
> Jim,
> 
> this is in the gedcom writer, can you have a look?

Yes, this is a bug, although it is avoidable.

The technical explanation  is that the code has a test that skips
copying an image if the source and destination are exactly the same.

But the code doesn't check that the source and destination are literally
different but nevertheless equivalent file path specifications.

The code fix should be to replace line 1452 of _WriteGedcom.py
---------------------------------------------------------------
  if dest != path:
with
  if not os.path.samefile(dest,path):
---------------------------------------------------------------
This problem persists in the current 2.2 branch (2.2.10), and the bugfix
would be the same there.


Charles, I'm not sure, but it's possible that the problem will disappear
if you go into the
  Tools > Utilities > Media manager
and perform the
  "Convert paths from relative to absolute"
or
  "Convert paths from absolute to relative"
which would seem *worth a try*. This might eliminate strange path data
in your image location specifications.

Additionally, if you are comfortable editing your program code, you
could make that bugfix change above
  (in "/usr/share/gramps/GrampsDb/_WriteGedcom.py)


Finally there is another workaround I can think of.
either:

- In the page titled "GEDCOM export options", change the "Reference
images from path" to a known unique subdir of the  intended export path

Or probably better (and perhaps easier to understand),

-on the page following that options page, "Selecting the file name"
 choose a different folder to export to. Then (so that) the media subdir
will not collide with any image sources.


I would try the media manager conversion(s) first, though.

Benny- I will file a report in our issue tracker tomorrow, and add the
indicated patch.

Regards,
..jim