From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net (omta002.cacentral1.a.cloudfilter.net [3.97.99.33]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6E2673857405 for ; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 07:42:21 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 6E2673857405 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=SystematicSw.ab.ca Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=systematicsw.ab.ca Received: from shw-obgw-4003a.ext.cloudfilter.net ([10.228.9.183]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id mkdumCZgJps7Pmt6hmwWol; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 07:42:19 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.105] ([68.147.0.90]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id mt6gmZputO1m6mt6gmT24X; Tue, 16 Nov 2021 07:42:19 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=RqrWkQqK c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=619360db a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:117 a=T+ovY1NZ+FAi/xYICV7Bgg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=hF23PusoAAAA:8 a=yBR9Qs6oAAAA:8 a=7dEv5pK6AAAA:20 a=94nOnFI1EgyDtX4ev68A:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=STbmsxK-VnoOrN7PgZM2:22 a=7C5qix1daMSKwVux_nGC:22 Message-ID: Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:42:18 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Reply-To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com Content-Language: en-CA To: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com From: Brian Inglis Subject: [ITP] perl-Image-ExifTool Organization: Systematic Software Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfBQf3dcB6erOee0fHk7JCUvfjfoy24WltpIf/A/0kR/YXZe46sLWIACxsWy7+cgJ/lhL+yDGw1ErhUG6kMfYJFO/4r7inrMJ10/9QSq+Z9NH05fHvGuF aVluL5t5o9OMFQ7oxWTSDThqyyK6k6taijicATiVUxLl/MaASoMYDHMmEga3w7nTh/Jb7ZKEh0S0MnN+QK+ujzYBRzGIOFk5kXQ= X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1160.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY, KAM_SHORT, RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin-apps@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Cygwin package maintainer discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 07:42:25 -0000 Hi folks, I've been using exiftool for some years, not just to view, set, and edit JPEG metadata, especially historical family photos, but also extract metadata from other media, including PDFs, epubs, DLLs, and exes. Recent discussion of cygwin1.dll missing metadata prompted me to look at the utility again and I was surprised to find I have been using a Windows package, and no Cygwin package is available. So I would like to remedy that omission by providing a Cygwin package of the perl module and the command line utility, as available on Arch, Debian, Fedora, Free & Net BSD, OpenSuSE, and derivatives: https://pkgs.org/search/?q=ExifTool https://repology.org/projects/?search=ExifTool This perl module is not built from CPAN as that is 5 releases out of date 12.30 from the repo release 12.35. The cygport and tarballs are available online at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PwBaANQ2fnagJG8zebp0pN1qYujSBP0j The existing Cygwin exif package appears to handle only photos and is outdated (2012) so may not handle newer feature tags and may even remove some if changes are made, as some files only produce the message: Corrupt data The data provided does not follow the specification. ExifLoader: The data supplied does not seem to contain EXIF data. which halts operation on other files on the command line, whereas exiftool has no problems with any files, as expected with files following the common image metadata specs. Many countries scan Internet images to collect metadata related to images of persons and at places of interest. These utilities can safely remove or edit metadata to protect privacy and security, if you have not disabled collection of such metadata on your devices. -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. [Data in binary units and prefixes, physical quantities in SI.]