Runs out of memory Importing photo with suspect EXIF data

I apologise for not having stated that I am using Hardy and the f-spot version:

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ii f-spot 0.4.3.1-0ubuntu1 personal photo management application

thanks for the report, It works fine for me with Intrepid, could you test with it? also can you run f-spot from the command line as f-spot --debug &> f-spot-debug.txt and attach that file to the report to see if there's anything throw there? does eog or gthumb works ok for you? I've tried with both and there's no issue for me, thanks in advance!.

Both eog and gthumb load the problem image without any warning or
error messages.

I copied the image to /tmp/foo and then imported it into f-spot, while
running it in debug mode as you suggested. Again I got the out of
memory error.

The debug output is attached.

Cheers,
Graham

Thanks, it looks like http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493530 which is known upstream, linking the report.

The upstream bug hasn't moved on much, but I've just tried to reproduce this in Jaunty using my test image and been unable to. Would recommend that anyone else experiencing the problem to try it in Jaunty.

Just to let you know: Since my update to lucid beta this issue seems to have been solved for me.

This bug was fixed in the package f-spot - 0.7.2-1

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f-spot (0.7.2-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream release 0.7.2 "Retooled"
    + Third release of the unstable 0.7 development series. Features a
      fully restructured source tree with full Monodevelop build
      support. Solves some of the regressions introduced in 0.7.1.
    + Reorganized source tree for clarity, builds with Monodevelop.
    + Switched from QueuedSqliteDatabase to HyenaSqliteConnection (Mike
      Gemünde)
    + Build tweaks (Christian Krause)
    + More GtkBuilder transition (Eric Faehnrich)
    + Reliability improvements (lots of them) for metadata handling (Mike
      Gemünde, Ruben Vermeersch)
    + Prune empty directories when deleting photos, import usability
      enhancements (Mike Wallick)
    + Big race-condition fix in import (Paul Wellner Bou)
    + Loads of improvements to Taglib#, in terms of handling broken files,
      extra format support (Pentax, Panasonic, Leica), stability and
      correctness (Ruben Vermeersch)
      - Runs out of memory Importing photo with suspect EXIF data
        (LP: #272822)
      - Metadata parsing of broken file causes large memory allocation
        (LP: #597720)
      - Photo import: cancel & copy have same keyboard shortcut (LP: #244423)
      - Facebook export will not create new album (LP: #563495)
      - Allow export to iPod (LP: #518344)
    + Reporting of import errors.
    + Speedups to repeated imports of the same directory.
    + Piles of cleanups and general stability improvements.
    + Over 50 bugs closed (http://bit.ly/cqpC3y)
 -- Iain Lane <email address hidden> Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:59:32 +0100