Bug 128975

Summary: "Correct Exif Orientation Tag" does not change the mtime of the image file
Product: [Applications] digikam Reporter: schmud
Component: Metadata-OrientationAssignee: Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: jkt
Priority: NOR    
Version: 0.8.1   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Gentoo Packages   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 0.9.2
Sentry Crash Report:

Description schmud 2006-06-11 00:32:36 UTC 
Version:           digikam-0.8.1-r1 (using KDE KDE 3.5.2)
Installed from:    Gentoo Packages
Compiler:          gcc version 3.4.6 
OS:                Linux

I rather like to change the EXIF Orientation Tag insted of rotating the image.
If I do this, there is a change of the image file (proofed with md5sum) but there is no change of the file modification time. 
This is a problem for me, because I backup all my pictures with rsync. If I change the Exif orientation tag, neither the size of the file changes, nor the mtime, so rsync does not recognise the modification and my files do not get backed up.
Comment 1 caulier.gilles 2007-04-20 14:28:47 UTC 
Since digiKam 0.9.x is out, we use Exiv2 shared library to handle Exif tags.

This library set properlly the mtime of file when something is changed in Exif.

This problem cannot be reproduce with 0.9.x. I close this file.

Gilles Caulier