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alacarte package

alacarte crashed with IOError in copyItem() (when copying item with / in name)

Bug #205463 reported by David Tigue
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This bug affects 12 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Alacarte Menu Editor
Fix Released
Critical
alacarte (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: alacarte

Description: Ubuntu hardy (development branch)
Release: 8.04 Beta

alacarte:
  Installed: 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 0.11.5-0ubuntu1 0

I was trying to copy an open into a new folder and alacarte crashed.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Mar 23 04:53:00 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/alacarte
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: alacarte 0.11.5-0ubuntu1
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python -OOt /usr/bin/alacarte
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/bin/alacarte']
SourcePackage: alacarte
Title: alacarte crashed with IOError in copyItem()
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-12-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev powerdev scanner video

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David Tigue (dtigue) wrote :
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George Komianos (gkomianos) wrote :

This only happened to me when trying to copy Mozilla Thunderbird to a new folder.
It was ok with other items.

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Removed by request (removed1836289) wrote :

Happened to me when trying to move Add/Remove to a subfolder.

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Removed by request (removed1836289) wrote :

Also good to note Add/Remove was unchecked (hidden) at the time, but also happens if it's checked. 100% reproducible.

Changed in alacarte:
status: New → Confirmed
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hobitt (klaushqed-mail) wrote :

>This only happened to me when trying to copy Mozilla Thunderbird to a new folder.
>It was ok with other items.

Same for me.

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ubuntosaure (ubuntosaure) wrote :

In ubuntu 9.04 alpha 6 too

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Andreas Moog (ampelbein) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576531

Changed in alacarte (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Medium
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in alacarte:
status: Unknown → New
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ec (ecroes) wrote :

I tried to drag a menu-entry to another location in alacarte

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Paul Gittings (taffydownunder) wrote :

Happend in 9.10 when dragging the "CD/DVD Creator" menu item from Accessories to "Sound & Video"

Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: bugpattern-needed
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: bugpattern-written
removed: bugpattern-needed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in alacarte:
importance: Unknown → Critical
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joopbraak (joopbraak) wrote :

Confirmed with Natty.

Substitute the / with another character, then move the menu item, then you can rename it to the original name again.

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in alacarte:
status: New → Confirmed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in alacarte:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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