On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 11:01:57AM -0000, Sadi Yumuşak wrote: > Sorry I'm just a user, I don't know much about these source codes, I > thought it was a fix, but if it simply forces skipping the patch, it's > no good for you, of course ;-) > > To reproduce the problem you need another partition other than the one > where the user home directory is, and follow these simple steps: > > 1) Go to Desktop. > 2) Create a symbolic link to any folder in another partition (or disk) in > your computer (i.e. not removable media) > 3) Click that symlink on your desktop to access that folder. > 4) Create a new document there - any type of file, even empty, will do. > 5) Press the Delete key to move that file to trash: you should see that > message telling you it can't be done (although you can safely move any > subfolder or any file in subfolders to trash, and although you can do it if > you access that folder directly instead of going via that symlink on your > home partition).
Ok, thanks, that sounds like something to try. I'll have a go next week. -- Iain Lane [ i...@orangesquash.org.uk ] Debian Developer [ la...@debian.org ] Ubuntu Developer [ la...@ubuntu.com ] -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1638245 Title: Files in the root of a folder on another partition symlinked to user's home cannot be moved to trash because of a patch in this package To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1638245/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
