Public bug reported: Binary package hint: file-roller
The current version (GNOME file-roller 2.21.91) of file-roller omits files when creating tar-archives out of folders containing many files. This can cause data loss because the user thinks that (s)he has just made a backup of the data, but the archive does not contain all files without any warning or error message. This is especially serious since file-roller is used for compression when encryping as one file is requested through nautilus/seahorse. Users might destroy the original files right after encryption, yielding complete data loss. For the internals, please read my comment on http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487012. The patch applied to fix this bug introduced this new serious bug. I'm filing a separate bug here on LP as I consider this as a critical bug which can be solved trivially (by dropping the patch from the above- mentioned bug report). ** Affects: fileroller Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Affects: file-roller (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #487012 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487012 ** Also affects: fileroller via http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=487012 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- [hardy] file-roller silently omits files upon .tar(.gz,.bz2) creation https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/195063 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to file-roller in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
