I can reproduce this bug on 16.10 Nautilus version is 3.20.3 following Michael Black's steps, but there is small mistake: it should be : cd Desktop instead of "cd ../Desktop"
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1656370 Title: merging symbolic link with target folder of same name destroys folder Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I recently lost a directory full of valuable files. I'm running ubuntu 16.04 and using nautilus 3.14.3 Here's how to replicate this bug. From a terminal window starting in my home directory: mkdir useful cd useful touch stuff1.txt touch stuff2.txt cd ../Desktop ln -s ../useful/ useful Now I have a symbolic link on my desktop "useful" that links to directory "useful" containing two files. From nautilus: - Go to Desktop, select the link useful - press Ctrl-X to copy - Go to Home - press Ctrl-V to paste - dialog box appears: Merge folder "useful" - press Merge button (the default) directory useful has now been replaced with a symbolic link pointing to itself, and all its contents are gone. Now in nautilus I press Ctrl-Z to undo. Symbolic link "useful" reappears on the Desktop, but the target folder is not reconstructed. Why is this a important bug: 1. Merge dialog gives no indication that the source is a symbolic link. Instead it asks the user if wants to merge the files in two folders. 2. Continuing with the merge is the default option. 3. After the merge the symbolic link survives and the folder and its contents are utterly gone. They cannot be found in the trash. 4. Undo does not restore the folder or its files, just relocates the symbolic link. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1656370/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
