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Public bug reported:

Very often, I'd like to have several images of same size. For that, I
typically "select all" one image, to a "Selection to Path", then "Copy
Path" (from Layers, Channels, Paths), then click the other image to
bring it in focus, then "Paste Path" in its Layers, Channels, Paths -
then click on the path in  Layers, Channels, Paths and choose "Path to
Selection", and finally crop.

The thing is, if I do this in this version of Ubuntu's gimp -- the
second image gets *again* selected in its entirety - regardless if it is
of different (larger) size!

So, I did a little test - made a 100x100 selection in one image (of size
941x455), make it a path, copy and paste the path in another image (of
size 992x543) - when I turn it into selection, I can see in the Toolbox
info for Rectangle Select that it has the size 107x120 !! Since
100*992/941 = 105.42 and 100*543/455 = 119.341, I'd say that the new
selection size is likely scaled in proportion to the difference in the
sizes of the images.

Now, I file this as a bug, since I just worked under OpenSuse 11.2's
Gimp - and there this process works as (I) expected: the absolute size
of the selection is preserved (i.e. both the original and the final
selection remain at size 100x100 pixels).

Hope this is enough information - and if it turns out not to be a bug,
I'd appreciate some guidance into what behavior in this case is actually
expected. Thanks!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-12.51-generic 2.6.38.8
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-12-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Nov 17 22:14:10 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20110325)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_DK:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gimp
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: gimp (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 natty

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Title:
  Gimp's path to selection/selection to path does not preserve absolute
  size

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