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2000.12.19 05:36 "Re: Stripes in thumbnail", by Steve Underwood
> I've seen postings from folks suggesting bugs for >10 years. Some have been > correct. Most have not. I used to follow up on all of them. I don't > anymore 'cuz the software isn't mine to maintain. Nonetheless the issue is > still the same: if you've found a problem provide a way to reproduce it. The only problem I have seen with libtiff's G4 handling is when processing TIFF files produced by some of the computer FAX packages and hardware. Almost all of them are buggy, and produce screwy TIFF files. The problem is that libtiff doesn't deal with some of them very gracefully. As an example, take the puzzlingly popular, overpriced and very buggy GammaFAX cards. They set the image length to zero, and this makes libtiff seg fault. I know they are doing the wrong thing, but perhaps libtiff could do sanity checks on the data, and behave more gracefully. Regards, Steve