Not a bug, as stated you can tweak the configuration file if you want to
use non standard directories
** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided = Low
** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Status: Incomplete = Invalid
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New 'Documents', 'Pictures', etc. folders
Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 RC or later?
** Changed in: xdg-user-dirs (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Incomplete
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New 'Documents', 'Pictures', etc. folders ignore current folders of the
same/similar name
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/138924
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Is this symptom still reproducible in 8.10 RC or later?
Yes, there does not seem to be any detection code in 8.10.
To reproduce, you have to have a separate /home folder with 'documents',
'photos', etc. pre-made, then install Ubuntu 8.10 and you will see that
Ubuntu created 'Documents',
Can someone post this upstream? I'm not sure how to do so and I think this is a
pretty 'serious' bug as it just seems silly to
1) overrun the users home directory with duplicate name with the only variation
being a case change
2) that once a user deletes any of the xdg-user-dirs, there is no way
I noticed these new directories also on my upgrade from Feisty to Gutsy.
(The official release from Oct 18.) I found some info:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=482045
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs
And it sounds like you should be able to modify
Found a suggestion that moving/renaming these dirs in Nautilus will
cause things to be updated:
http://www.nabble.com/-SPAM:1.4--Free-desktop-default-
directories-t4470354.html
But that doesn't help if you've already got the directories created that
you want to use. I renamed the Videos
I agree the script that creates these directories should do some sort of
check.
I have 'documents', 'downloads', 'pictures' etc. and upon first login
after the update, it created all the same with the same, but uppercase
first letter.
for established users who are just upgrading, the extra new
