[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #2325: Quantum GIS 1.3.0 crashes on attempt to open 1.0.2 Kore project (.qgs) file in Ubuntu 9.10

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#2325: Quantum GIS 1.3.0 crashes on attempt to open 1.0.2 Kore project (.qgs) file
in Ubuntu 9.10
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        Reporter:  bobenglish                                 |         Owner:  nobody       
            Type:  bug                                        |        Status:  new          
        Priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption  |     Milestone:  Version 1.4.0
       Component:  Project Loading / Saving                   |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                             |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                             |      Platform:  Debian       
        Must_fix:  No                                         |   Status_info:  1            
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Comment (by bobenglish):

 This bug tracker just lost a long post I made when I attached a file prior
 to posting!  I'll try to write it again.

 First, thanks for your work on QGIS and the prompt reply.  After posting
 this bug report I opened the .qgs file, which I had created on QGIS 1.0.2
 in MS Windows Vista, in Ubuntu with a text editor.  I found that the paths
 to the PostgreSQL server were incorrect (Windows installs to a different
 port than Ubuntu), and I made corrections.  QGIS 1.3.0 still crashed on
 opening the .qgs file.  Then, I changed all the references to c:\ in the
 file to the correct Ubuntu paths, and the .qgs file opened in QGIS 1.3.0.
 However, several "layer group" names appeared without the corresponding
 layers even though the paths to the data seemed to be correct in the .qgs
 file (backward compatibility?).  I'm not much of a programmer, but I'd
 guess that if you want QGIS to be "platform independent," you would either
 have to use path variables derived somehow from the system in the .qgs
 file or trap the error and prompt for the correct paths. I've attached the
 original Windows .qgs file in case you still need it.

 I've found a number of other bugs in QGIS 1.3.0 in Ubuntu, including many
 crashes when trying to expand "layer groups."  As you probably know,
 saving a "template" in the "print composer" doesn't work, although simply
 saving the project appears to save "print composer" settings.  Let me know
 if it is helpful to post additional bugs.

 Thanks again for your work and for QGIS!
 Bob

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2325#comment:4>
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