Bug #125213 for Image-ExifTool: exiftool command: removing tags dumps info on startup

Thu Apr 26 03:29:12 2018 Nicolas.Franck [...] UGent.be - Ticket created

Subject:	exiftool command: removing tags dumps info on startup
Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2018 07:19:45 +0000
To:	"bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Nicolas Franck <Nicolas.Franck [...] UGent.be>

I'm trying to remove the private tag 37724 (ImageSourceData) from a tif using the exiftool command. $ exiftool -config private_tags.conf -ImageSourceData= test.tif In version 10.40 this works fine and merely reports what changed and what not, but in version 10.80 it dumps all tags at startup (including the binary data in the ImageSourceData) leading to a long block. This is the config: %Image::ExifTool::UserDefined = ( 'Image::ExifTool::Exif::Main' => { 37724 => { Name => 'ImageSourceData', Writable => 'no', WriteGroup => 'IFD0', Protected => 0 } } ); 1; The file can be retrieved here: http://adore.ugent.be/local/test.tif Any idea? Thanks in advance Nicolas Franck

Thu Apr 26 19:28:34 2018 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I can't download your sample. Could you try emailing it to me (phil at owl.phy.queensu.ca)? - Phil

Thu Apr 26 19:28:34 2018 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Apr 26 19:38:43 2018 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Scratch that. The download is going now, so don't email the (1 GB!) file. I'll let you know how it goes. - Phil

Thu Apr 26 20:53:45 2018 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

It works for me with ExifTool 10.94: % exiftool -config a.config -ImageSourceData= test.tif -v3 Deleting IFD0:ImageSourceData ======== test.tif Rewriting test.tif... Editing tags in: IFD0 TIFF Creating tags in: FileType = TIFF FileTypeExtension = TIF MIMEType = image/tiff Rewriting IFD0 Rewriting XMP Rewriting Photoshop Rewriting ExifIFD Rewriting ICC_Profile - IFD0:ImageSourceData = '' Copying 1 image data blocks Deleting blank trailer (4 bytes) 1 image files updated But it seems that you want to define ImageSourceData as not writable in your config file. To do this, set Writable to 0, not 'no'. - Phil

Fri Apr 27 03:13:39 2018 Nicolas.Franck [...] UGent.be - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #125213] exiftool command: removing tags dumps info on startup
Date:	Fri, 27 Apr 2018 07:13:04 +0000
To:	"bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Nicolas Franck <Nicolas.Franck [...] UGent.be>

Thanks for your response ;-) I cannot find version 10.94 on cpan. The latest version on cpan is 10.80. The tiff file is big indeed. It was the only version I could find. Try this command to see what is "wrong" with this file: $ tiffinfo test.tif You'll see that the command is blocking a long time as its trying to output all data from the ImageSourceData, so that's why I wanted to remove this tag. The strange is that this behaviour only applies to the command "exiftool". If I use the API inside a script everything goes fine (using SetNewValue and WriteInfo). Show quoted text

> On 27 Apr 2018, at 02:53, Phil Harvey via RT <bug-Image-ExifTool@rt.cpan.org> wrote: > > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=125213 > > > It works for me with ExifTool 10.94: > > % exiftool -config a.config -ImageSourceData= test.tif -v3 > Deleting IFD0:ImageSourceData > ======== test.tif > Rewriting test.tif... > Editing tags in: IFD0 TIFF > Creating tags in: > FileType = TIFF > FileTypeExtension = TIF > MIMEType = image/tiff > Rewriting IFD0 > Rewriting XMP > Rewriting Photoshop > Rewriting ExifIFD > Rewriting ICC_Profile > - IFD0:ImageSourceData = '' > Copying 1 image data blocks > Deleting blank trailer (4 bytes) > 1 image files updated > > But it seems that you want to define ImageSourceData as not writable in your config file. To do this, set Writable to 0, not 'no'. > > - Phil >

Fri Apr 27 19:32:28 2018 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

The current version of ExifTool may be downloaded from the ExifTool home page (http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/). You just need to unzip the archive to run it -- you don't need to do an install. It would be useful to know if you have this problem with the current version, and if so the exact command you are using and more details about the problem you are having. Thanks. - Phil

Wed May 02 06:25:51 2018 Nicolas.Franck [...] UGent.be - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #125213] exiftool command: removing tags dumps info on startup
Date:	Wed, 2 May 2018 10:22:15 +0000
To:	"bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-Image-ExifTool [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Nicolas Franck <Nicolas.Franck [...] UGent.be>

Indeed, I see now: it works in the latest version ( 10.94 ) as you mentioned earlier. When is this version pushed to CPAN? Show quoted text

> On 28 Apr 2018, at 01:32, Phil Harvey via RT <bug-Image-ExifTool@rt.cpan.org> wrote: > > <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=125213 > > > The current version of ExifTool may be downloaded from the ExifTool home page (http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/). You just need to unzip the archive to run it -- you don't need to do an install. It would be useful to know if you have this problem with the current version, and if so the exact command you are using and more details about the problem you are having. > > Thanks. > > - Phil

Wed May 02 07:04:37 2018 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I'll make another production release probably within a few weeks.

Sat Sep 29 22:10:55 2018 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved'

Sat Sep 29 22:10:56 2018 EXIFTOOL [...] cpan.org - Fixed in 11.00 added