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file-roller package

file-roller "An error occurred while adding files to the archive."

Bug #413357 reported by Lödur
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This bug affects 7 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
File Roller
Confirmed
Medium
file-roller (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: file-roller

I've tried to create an archive with the nautlius-context-menu "Compress..."
The files and folders are on the desktop

Mark the items
o Press and hold the button [shift]
o click on the items (1 folder, 1 file)
o Release the button [shift]

o Right-click at one of the marked items and click on "Compress..."

o Filename is "test", archive-type is "tar.bz2", Location is "Desktop"
o Click on the button [Create]

/!\ Now the error message
---
An error occurred while adding files to the archive
---

o Click on the button [OK]

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Aug 14 02:00:14 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/file-roller
Package: file-roller 2.27.90-0ubntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-5.24-generic
SourcePackage: file-roller
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-5-generic i686

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Lödur (loedur) wrote :
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Lödur (loedur) wrote :
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Ubuntu Desktop Bugs (desktop-bugs)
importance: Undecided → Low
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

file is created, but the message is shown anyways.

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=591818

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
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Changed in file-roller:
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in file-roller:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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Jake Tolbert (crazybilly) wrote :

To add to this bug, when I get this error, it's unclear which compression job caused it--the dialog provides no feedback as to what archive file I was trying to create when I received it.

Often, I'll start 2 or 3 compression jobs at once--if I receive this error after they've all completed, I have no way of knowing which file/compression job caused the error.

A simple bit of feedback in the error dialog would be extremely helpful here, something to the effect of "Error while trying to create backup.tar.gz: some files cannot be added to the archive."

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Could you please try adding the same files to a tar.gz archive and a zip archive? Bug #666238 could be a duplicate of this.

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Changed in file-roller:
status: New → Confirmed
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Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) wrote :

In Ubuntu 19.04, using Nemo, I'm getting this error for most of the formats that it list I can compress to.

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