Bug#1102128: gimp-data: Gimp 3 installs files to /etc/gimp/2.0/ and mishandles configs

Martin-Éric Racine martin-eric.racine at iki.fi
Sat Apr 5 13:00:02 BST 2025


Package: gimp-data
Version: 3.0.2-1
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: martin-eric.racine at iki.fi

Gimp 3 apparently installs files in /etc/gimp/2.0/ instead of /etc/gimp/3.0/ and the transition from Gimp 2 to Gimp 3 apparently results in mishandled config files:

I: These configurations now belong to the following packages:
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/controllerrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/gtkrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/menurc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/sessionrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/templaterc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/toolrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/unitrc
grub-ipxe: /etc/grub.d/20_ipxe
I: They were initially installed by the following packages:
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/controllerrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/gtkrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/menurc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/sessionrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/templaterc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/toolrc
gimp-data: /etc/gimp/2.0/unitrc
I: Filing bug reports against all packages involved might be a good idea.

The above was found as follow:

        ORPHANS=$(dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Conffiles}\n' | grep obsolete | awk '{print $1}')
        case $ORPHANS in
        "")
                echo "I: No obsolete configuration found."
                ;;
        *)
                echo "I: These configurations now belong to the following packages:"
                dpkg-query --search $ORPHANS | sort
                echo "I: They were initially installed by the following packages:"
                dpkg-query --show --showformat='${Package}\n${Conffiles}\n' | awk '/^[^ ]/{pkg=$1}/ obsolete$/{print pkg":",$1}' | sort
                echo "I: Filing bug reports against all packages involved might be a good idea."
                ;;
        esac
 


-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 6.12.20-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fi_FI.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=fi:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

-- no debconf information



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