Ubuntu
file-roller package

Doesn't follow XDG_CACHE_HOME

Bug #762306 reported by Diego Algara
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
file-roller (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: file-roller

I haven't figured out where does it extract "normal" files, but when I open a big file ~700Mb it uses $HOME instead of $XDG_CACHE_HOME.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Lars Behrens (lars-behrens-u) wrote :

file-roller should use $XDG_CACHE_HOME or have an option to select a different directory for caching.

When users' home directories are on a remote machine and mounted via NFS, then file-rollers' habit of creating ~/.fr-* directories, extracting there and moving back the result creates huge i/o-loads.

If $XDG_CACHE_HOME would be used, one could direct ~/.cache to some local directory (which we already did).

If that's not possible maybe there is a possibility to define a different extracting directory, e.g. by start variable or in the menu.

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

The issue should be reported upstream on https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/issues

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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