[Pkg-octave-devel] Bug#478271: [octave-image] imshow behaves wrongly

[Didier Raboud]

Package: octave-image
Version: 1.0.5-1
Severity: normal

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Hi, 

> help imshow
> (...)
> If a file name is given instead of an image, the file will be read and
> shown.
> (...)

but...

> imshow('bierstadt.png')
error: load: /home/didier/EPFL/EL/MA-2/MediaSecurity/Labs/Lab3/bierstadt.png: 
inconsistent number of columns near line 4
error: load: unable to extract matrix size from file 
`/home/didier/EPFL/EL/MA-2/MediaSecurity/Labs/Lab3/bierstadt.png'
error: evaluating assignment expression near line 47, column 8
error: called from `loadimage' in file 
`/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/image/loadimage.m'
error: evaluating if command near line 66, column 3
error: called from `imshow' in file `/usr/share/octave/3.0.1/m/image/imshow.m'

with the attached image.

And more:

> A = imread('bierstadt.png');
> imshow(A);

shows the attached screenshot.

Best regards, 

Didier, a ready-to-help reporter

--- System information. ---
Architecture: amd64
Kernel:       Linux 2.6.25-1-amd64

Debian Release: lenny/sid
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--- Package information. ---
Depends                              (Version) | Installed
==============================================-+-====================
libblas3gf                                     | 1.2-1.5
 OR libblas.so.3gf                             | 
 OR libatlas3gf-base                           | 3.6.0-21.4
libc6                               (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-10
libfftw3-3                                     | 3.1.2-3
libgcc1                        (>= 1:4.1.1-21) | 1:4.3.0-3
libgfortran3                          (>= 4.3) | 4.3.0-3
libhdf5-serial-1.6.6-0                         | 1.6.6-4
 OR libhdf5-1.6.6-0                            | 
libjpeg62                                      | 6b-14
liblapack3gf                                   | 3.1.1-0.4
 OR liblapack.so.3gf                           | 
 OR libatlas3gf-base                           | 3.6.0-21.4
libncurses5                (>= 5.6+20071006-3) | 5.6+20080308-1
libpng12-0                       (>= 1.2.13-4) | 1.2.26-1
libreadline5                          (>= 5.2) | 5.2-3
libstdc++6                       (>= 4.1.1-21) | 4.3.0-3
zlib1g                            (>= 1:1.1.4) | 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12
octave3.0                           (>= 3.0.0) | 1:3.0.1-2
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