--- a/GIFReader.st	Tue Sep 09 11:43:30 2003 +0200
+++ b/GIFReader.st	Tue Sep 09 13:30:24 2003 +0200
@@ -756,7 +756,10 @@
 
     image depth ~~ 8 ifTrue:[
         Image errorSignal handle:[:ex |
-            ex return.
+            ^ Image cannotRepresentImageSignal 
+                raiseWith:image
+                errorString:('GIF failed to convert image to depth8: ', ex description).
+            "/ ex return.
         ] do:[
             convertedImage := Image newForDepth:8.
             convertedImage fromImage:image photometric:#palette.
@@ -985,7 +988,7 @@
 !GIFReader class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview2/GIFReader.st,v 1.86 2003-09-01 14:47:30 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libview2/GIFReader.st,v 1.87 2003-09-09 11:30:24 penk Exp $'
 ! !
 
 GIFReader initialize!