Re: [Gimp-user] Debug symbols causing problems in GIMP 2.10

[Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com>]

PS - Apparently this is already filed as bugzilla #796347.  Nevermind this message, then....


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From: Richard <strata_ranger hotmail com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 9:57:34 AM
To: gimp-user-list gnome org
Subject: Debug symbols causing problems in GIMP 2.10


This looks to be a super easy fix but I definitely have to mention it in the meantime....


I recently downloaded GIMP 2.10.2 to a fresh directory (I renamed my GIMP 2.8.x folders) and during the 
installation I decided to add the debug symbols to the installation.


Protip: Don't do that.


Because when I started GIMP 2.10, during the plug-in query it apparently included all of the debug symbols 
(e.g. plugin-name.exe.debug) in addition to the plugins themselves.  This created a massive cascade of error 
messages claiming that "the application could not be started".  (I took a screenshot.)


Nonetheless, GIMP did in fact start, all the plug-ins were nonetheless loaded correctly, and removing the 
debug symbol files from the plug-ins folder immediately prevented it from happening again.



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