[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #605: Building pyramids causes segfault

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#605: Building pyramids causes segfault
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        Reporter:  gsherman                                   |         Owner:  timlinux     
            Type:  defect                                     |        Status:  closed       
        Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |     Milestone:  Version 1.0.0
       Component:  Rasters                                    |       Version:  0.8          
      Resolution:  fixed                                      |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                             |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  Yes                                        |   Status_info:  0            
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Comment (by msieczka):

 Replying to [comment:11 timlinux]:
 > With r8968 you can now specify internal or external overviews.

 Cool. Smallish issue - there is a redundant test for file write access if
 the user chooses to build external overviews. It effectively disables
 external overviews creation for read-only rasters. As we are not going to
 alter the file, we don't care if it is writeable.

 > Compressed overviews (...) . If you really want this feature, please
 file a separate
 > enhancement ticket since we are wondering way off the topic of the
 original ticket.

 Done in #1199.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/605#comment:12>
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