[QGIS-trac] Re: [Quantum GIS] #2089: Buffer produces incorrect results with multipart vectors

[Quantum GIS]

#2089: Buffer produces incorrect results with multipart vectors
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        Reporter:  jaanvajakas                       |         Owner:  cfarmer      
            Type:  bug                               |        Status:  new          
        Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |     Milestone:  Version 1.4.0
       Component:  Python plugins and bindings       |       Version:  HEAD         
      Resolution:                                    |      Keywords:               
Platform_version:                                    |      Platform:  All          
        Must_fix:  No                                |   Status_info:  0            
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Changes (by lutra):

  * priority:  critical: causes crash or data corruption => major: does not
               work as expected
  * platform:  Windows => All
  * summary:  Buffer produces incorrect results => Buffer produces
              incorrect results with multipart vectors
  * version:  1.3.0 => HEAD
  * milestone:  => Version 1.4.0

Comment:

 If you transform your vector from multipart to singleparts the buffer
 results ok.

 This may be a simple workaround or it may be simply necessary, I'm not
 sure how buffer tools is supposed to work with multipart vectors.

 Carson?

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2089#comment:2>
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