Gramps XML import fails due to media path

[DavidMStraub]

werkzeug.exceptions.HTTPException: 500 Internal Server Error: Could not change media path
The opened file has media path /home/XXX/XXX/, which conflicts with the media path of the Family Tree you import into. The original media path has been retained. Copy the files to a correct directory or change the media path in the Preferences.

It works if I removed the <mediapath> tag in the XML.

[DavidMStraub]

I'm not sure how to fix this.

The cleanest option is to make setting the media path optional in Gramps core, but that will take long to propagate.

Another option is to modify the file programmatically before importing it, but that seems like a terrible hack.