Bug#903514: gimp: completely broken

Tue Jul 10 21:59:04 BST 2018

Package: gimp
Version: 2.10.2-1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Hi.

Since some time the GIMP is completely broken.

In most cases it does not even start (e.g. when invoking
it from another program) or when:
$ gimp
or
$ gimp 0.jpg
(with 0.jpg not existing)
it simply hangs (with no GUI coming up)

when doing e.g.:
$ gimp Screenshot\ from\ 2018-06-02\ 04-36-57.png 
Missing fast-path babl conversion detected, Implementing missing babl fast paths
accelerates GEGL, GIMP and other software using babl, warnings are printed on
first occurance of formats used where a conversion has to be synthesized
programmatically by babl based on format description

*WARNING* missing babl fast path(s): "R'G'B' double" to "CIE Lab double"
GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "plugin-uncrop.py"
(/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/plugin-uncrop.py)

Failed to execute child process “python” (No such file or directory)

GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "plugin-resynth-sharpen.py"
(/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/plugin-resynth-sharpen.py)

Failed to execute child process “python” (No such file or directory)

GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "plugin-resynth-fill-pattern.py"
(/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/plugin-resynth-fill-pattern.py)

Failed to execute child process “python” (No such file or directory)

GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "plugin-resynth-enlarge.py"
(/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/plugin-resynth-enlarge.py)

Failed to execute child process “python” (No such file or directory)

gimp: LibGimpBase-WARNING: gimp: gimp_wire_read(): error
GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "plugin-map-style.py"
(/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/plugin-map-style.py)

Failed to execute child process “python” (No such file or directory)

GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "plugin-heal-transparency.py"
(/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/plugin-heal-transparency.py)

Failed to execute child process “python” (No such file or directory)

GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "plugin-heal-selection.py"
(/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/plugin-heal-selection.py)

Failed to execute child process “python” (No such file or directory)

One get's these weird python errors...

Even when Ctrl+C or killall gimp and so on, processes like:
10423 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-jpeg -gimp 35 33 -run 0
10443 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-jpeg -gimp 39 37 -run 0
10556 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-jpeg -gimp 47 45 -run 0
10571 ?        Sl     0:00 /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-jpeg -gimp 51 49 -run 0

are left behind

Trying to open or save files from within gimp, often leads to the GUI simply
hanging.

And even tools like the Free Select Tool are broken... on can start a selection
but not connect the two endpoints.

All this happens even with .config/GIMP and friends completel removed.

Cheers,
Chris.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers unstable-debug
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.17.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages gimp depends on:
ii  gimp-data            2.10.2-1
ii  libaa1               1.4p5-44+b2
ii  libbabl-0.1-0        0.1.50-1
ii  libbz2-1.0           1.0.6-8.1
ii  libc6                2.27-4
ii  libcairo2            1.15.10-3
ii  libfontconfig1       2.13.0-5
ii  libfreetype6         2.8.1-2
ii  libgcc1              1:8.1.0-9
ii  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0   2.36.11-2
ii  libgegl-0.4-0        0.4.2-1
ii  libgexiv2-2          0.10.8-1
ii  libgimp2.0           2.10.2-1
ii  libglib2.0-0         2.56.1-2
ii  libgs9               9.22~dfsg-2.1
ii  libgtk2.0-0          2.24.32-2
ii  libgudev-1.0-0       232-2
ii  libharfbuzz0b        1.8.2-2
ii  libheif1             1.3.2-1
ii  libilmbase23         2.2.1-2
ii  libjpeg62-turbo      1:1.5.2-2+b1
ii  liblcms2-2           2.9-2
ii  liblzma5             5.2.2-1.3
ii  libmng1              1.0.10+dfsg-3.1+b5
ii  libmypaint-1.3-0     1.3.0-2
ii  libopenexr23         2.2.1-4
ii  libopenjp2-7         2.3.0-1
ii  libpango-1.0-0       1.42.1-2
ii  libpangocairo-1.0-0  1.42.1-2
ii  libpangoft2-1.0-0    1.42.1-2
ii  libpng16-16          1.6.34-2
ii  libpoppler-glib8     0.63.0-2
ii  librsvg2-2           2.40.20-2
ii  libstdc++6           8.1.0-9
ii  libtiff5             4.0.9-6
ii  libwebp6             0.6.1-2
ii  libwebpdemux2        0.6.1-2
ii  libwebpmux3          0.6.1-2
ii  libwmf0.2-7          0.2.8.4-12
ii  libx11-6             2:1.6.5-1
ii  libxcursor1          1:1.1.15-1
ii  libxext6             2:1.3.3-1+b2
ii  libxfixes3           1:5.0.3-1
ii  libxmu6              2:1.1.2-2
ii  libxpm4              1:3.5.12-1
ii  xdg-utils            1.1.3-1
ii  zlib1g               1:1.2.11.dfsg-1

Versions of packages gimp recommends:
ii  ghostscript  9.22~dfsg-2.1

Versions of packages gimp suggests:
ii  gimp-data-extras          1:2.0.2-1
ii  gimp-help-de [gimp-help]  2.8.2-0.1
ii  gimp-help-en [gimp-help]  2.8.2-0.1
pn  gimp-python               <none>
ii  gvfs-backends             1.36.1-1+b1
ii  libasound2                1.1.6-1

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