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[Sergio Zanchetta <primes2h@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I confirm this bug using gimp 2.8.10 on Trusty 14.04.3.

It's a critical bug because causes loss of data.

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Title:
  GIMP 2.8.10 bug causes severe data loss

Status in Linux Mint:
  New
Status in gimp package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The current version of GIMP in the repository used by Linux Mint 17.1
  is version 2.8.10. This version has an exceptionally serious bug that
  can result in total loss of image data in an XCF file saved to an SMB
  share. Upon saving, this bug causes GIMP to corrupt the XCF file with
  added null bytes or in the worst case replace image data with null
  bytes. The user is given NO hint that anything has gone wrong. If she
  then closes that image file and then reopens it again, she will get
  what appears to be an empty image and a message "Can't work on an
  empty image, add a layer first".

  This is bug 730211 on GNOME Bugzilla
  (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730211). Contrary to the
  experience of some posters in that report's discussion, this bug can
  irrevocably destroy the user's data. It is therefore of critical
  importance that the repository package be updated to a version of GIMP
  with this bug fixed. It seems there has been a bug fix despite that
  bug report not being closed.

  It seems the only reliable workaround for GIMP 2.8.10 is to NEVER save
  to an SMB share.

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