[Pkg-kde-extras] Bug#569498: digikam: Database screwup, albums no longer match what's on disk

[Helge Hafting]

Package: digikam
Version: 2:1.1.0-1
Severity: important


I have used digikam for many years, to view and tag my photos. After not using it for a while,
I had problems starting digikam. An upgrade to 2:1.1.0-1 fixed that.

But then digikam surprisingly asked me where my albums was, as if the old info was forgotten.
It spent a long time reading the disk. Well, that has happened with upgrades before.

At first things looked normal, old tagged images still have their tags. Good.

But the albums themselves doesn't work too well.
I open the view for "september 2009" for example. And I see lots of albums, many which are
from 2008 or 2007 or 2005.  Strange. Well, looking at the filesystem, the date on the directories
are indeed in september 2009. That didn't bother digikam before, though. Yes, I may have
modified some files in those directories, with a new improved raw converter. Still, it'd be nice 
to fix this in some way. The files have correct dates in EXIF. 

Much worse: Albums comes up *empty* when I try to view them. This is wrong - the files
are there and xloadimage will display them. Currently I can't use digikam as a viewer.
I'll try reverting to older versions, but vorry about loosing my many tags.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable'), (700, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.33-rc5 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=nb_NO.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages digikam depends on:
ii  kdebase-runtime        4:4.3.2-1         runtime components from the offici
ii  kdelibs5               4:4.3.4-1         core libraries for all KDE 4 appli
ii  kdepimlibs5            4:4.3.4-1         core libraries for KDE PIM 4 appli
ii  libc6                  2.10.2-2          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.4.2-9         GCC support library
ii  libglib2.0-0           2.22.2-2          The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgphoto2-2           2.4.6-1           gphoto2 digital camera library
ii  libgphoto2-port0       2.4.6-1           gphoto2 digital camera port librar
ii  libjasper1             1.900.1-6         The JasPer JPEG-2000 runtime libra
ii  libjpeg62              6b-15             The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG 
ii  libkdcraw7             4:4.3.4-1+b1      RAW picture decoding C++ library (
ii  libkexiv2-7            4:4.3.4-1+b1      Qt like interface for the libexiv2
ii  libkipi6               4:4.3.4-1+b1      library for apps that want to use 
ii  liblcms1               1.18.dfsg-1       Color management library
ii  liblensfun0            0.2.4-1           Lens Correction library - Runtime 
ii  liblqr-1-0             0.4.1-1           converts plain array images into m
ii  libphonon4             4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 Phonon module
ii  libpng12-0             1.2.40-1          PNG library - runtime
ii  libqt4-dbus            4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 D-Bus module
ii  libqt4-network         4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 network module
ii  libqt4-qt3support      4:4.5.3-4         Qt 3 compatibility library for Qt 
ii  libqt4-sql             4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 SQL module
ii  libqt4-sql-sqlite      4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 SQLite 3 database driver
ii  libqt4-svg             4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 SVG module
ii  libqt4-xml             4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 XML module
ii  libqtcore4             4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 core module
ii  libqtgui4              4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 GUI module
ii  libsoprano4            2.3.1+dfsg.1-1    libraries for the Soprano RDF fram
ii  libstdc++6             4.4.2-9           The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  libtiff4               3.9.1-1           Tag Image File Format (TIFF) libra
ii  libx11-6               2:1.2.2-1         X11 client-side library
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.5-1         X11 authorisation library
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.0.2-3         X11 Display Manager Control Protoc
ii  phonon                 4:4.5.3-4         Qt 4 Phonon module metapackage
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages digikam recommends:
ii  dillo [www-browser]          0.8.6-3     Small and fast web browser
ii  iceape-browser [www-browser] 1.1.17-2    Iceape Navigator (Internet browser
ii  iceweasel [www-browser]      3.0.14-1    lightweight web browser based on M
pn  kipi-plugins                 <none>      (no description available)
ii  konqueror [www-browser]      4:4.3.2-1   KDE 4's advanced file manager, web
ii  lynx-cur [www-browser]       2.8.7pre1-1 Text-mode WWW Browser with NLS sup
ii  w3m [www-browser]            0.5.2-2.1   WWW browsable pager with excellent

Versions of packages digikam suggests:
ii  digikam-doc                   0.9.5-1    handbook for digikam and showfoto 

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