Activity log for bug #237543

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-06-05 05:58:42 Miguel bug added bug
2008-06-05 10:13:22 Yves Debongnie zip: assignee yves-debongnie
2008-06-05 10:25:00 Yves Debongnie bug added attachment 'zip-version' (zip-version)
2008-06-05 10:25:44 Yves Debongnie zip: status New Confirmed
2008-06-05 10:45:06 Yves Debongnie bug assigned to fileroller
2008-06-05 11:18:59 Yves Debongnie file-roller: assignee yves-debongnie
2008-06-05 13:53:46 Pedro Villavicencio file-roller: status Confirmed Incomplete
2008-06-05 13:53:46 Pedro Villavicencio file-roller: assignee desktop-bugs
2008-06-05 15:50:07 Pedro Villavicencio description Binary package hint: zip well i use the zip compression, but it may be found in others the bug is specific, the scenario is like these: i have a folder named "example", inside i have some files and one named "example.zip", so i select all files, and right click them, and choose compress, then a dialog offers me the name example.zip for the new compressed file, i choose ok, then another dialog tells me that i cannot put the file example.zip inside a file named example.zip in the same folder what i expect to happen: nothing, no file is compressed, the folder keeps equal instead happen: the old example.zip is deleted ! the release is ubuntu 8.04 thanks for your work Binary package hint: zip well i use the zip compression, but it may be found in others Steps to reproduce the bug: 1- Create a folder called example, put a few files on it and one .zip file called example.zip 2- Choose all the files on the folder with nautilus and click on "Create Archive". 3- The Archive name per default is "example" now select .zip as the extension of the new .zip file 4- A Question is asked "The archive is already present. Do you want to overwrite it?" Select yes. 5- An error is thrown: "An error occurred while adding files to the archive. You can't add an archive to itself." Expected Results: Nothing, no file is compressed, the folder keeps equal Actual Results: The old example.zip is deleted
2008-06-05 16:01:30 Pedro Villavicencio fileroller: status New Unknown
2008-06-05 16:01:40 Pedro Villavicencio file-roller: status Incomplete Triaged
2008-06-05 16:01:40 Pedro Villavicencio file-roller: importance Undecided Medium
2008-06-05 16:01:51 Pedro Villavicencio title compressor program delete file in certain circumstances file-roller delete file in certain circumstances
2008-06-05 16:10:18 Bug Watch Updater fileroller: status Unknown New
2010-09-15 19:43:12 Bug Watch Updater file-roller: importance Unknown Medium
2014-12-12 21:45:28 penalvch description Binary package hint: zip well i use the zip compression, but it may be found in others Steps to reproduce the bug: 1- Create a folder called example, put a few files on it and one .zip file called example.zip 2- Choose all the files on the folder with nautilus and click on "Create Archive". 3- The Archive name per default is "example" now select .zip as the extension of the new .zip file 4- A Question is asked "The archive is already present. Do you want to overwrite it?" Select yes. 5- An error is thrown: "An error occurred while adding files to the archive. You can't add an archive to itself." Expected Results: Nothing, no file is compressed, the folder keeps equal Actual Results: The old example.zip is deleted Binary package hint: zip 1) lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Vivid Vervet (development branch) Release: 15.04 2) apt-cache policy file-roller file-roller: Installed: 3.12.2-0ubuntu1 Candidate: 3.12.2-0ubuntu1 Version table: *** 3.12.2-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) What is expected to happen when one creates a an empty file on the Desktop: test.txt Highlight test.txt > secondary click > Compress... > Filename: example > in drop down choose .ZIP > Location: Desktop > Create > Close > highlight both test.txt and example.zip > secondary click > Compress... > Filename: example > in drop down choose .ZIP > Location: Desktop > Create > a window pops up noting: Archive Manager A file named "example.zip" already exists. Do you want to replace it? The file already exists in "Desktop". Replacing it will overwrite its contents. Click Replace and no files are deleted. 4) What happens instead is a dialog pops up noting: Compress An error occurred while adding files to the archive. You can't add an archive to itself. Click Close and one will notice example.zip has been permanently deleted.
2014-12-12 21:45:44 penalvch tags hardy vivid
2014-12-12 21:46:58 penalvch file-roller (Ubuntu): assignee Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
2015-02-16 02:46:18 Bug Watch Updater file-roller: status New Fix Released