Bug 375087

Summary:	Archive option uses absolute path
Product:	[Applications] kdenlive	Reporter:	Marc Draco <marcdraco1>
Component:	User Interface & Miscellaneous	Assignee:	Jean-Baptiste Mardelle <jb>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor	CC:	ch.martin, julius.kuenzel, snd.noise
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	16.12.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/multimedia/kdenlive/-/commit/d961c39bd821fac7427e025808f7723c6e241ed8	Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:

Description Marc Draco 2017-01-15 13:46:45 UTC

Pretty minor unless you're using the archiver (which I guess most people aren't). The XML file created makes the path absolute from root:

<property name="resource">/home/marc/images/etc

Which is great IF you put the archive back where it all came from I guess. However, if it's unpacked to a separate directory (even on a different user) this blows up (so to speak).

This is a minor bug (might even call it a feature) but it's a bit of a beastie if you move the archives around from place to place. 

Can we have a warning/option or something to fix or a workaround that doesn't involve editing the XML later?

I also note when I fix the XML (using a relative path like this <property name="resource">./images/etc) it breaks the loader somewhat. I was able to recover but it's a bit of a bind.

Peach out chaps.

Comment 1 Chris Martin 2018-04-30 19:25:04 UTC

This looks like a duplicate of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=367705 ?

Comment 2 farid 2021-04-02 03:29:04 UTC

I have seen other reports about this. Would be better to make make the paths relative.

Comment 3 Julius Künzel 2021-04-03 15:35:56 UTC

This seems to be a duplicate of https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377999 and has been fixed I made a test too and can not experience absolute paths anymore, so I am closing this now. Feel free to reopen if you still have problems with the latest version.