** Description changed: Binary package hint: ncmpcpp From an email to the Ubuntu bugSquad: Dear Madam/Sir, - I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and I installed program ncmpcpp 0.4.1. from Ubuntu + I am using Ubuntu 10.04 and I installed program ncmpcpp 0.4.1. from Ubuntu repositories. There's bug described on the page http://unkart.ovh.org/ncmpcpp/: ATTENTION: Feature, that allows you to physically remove directories from your disk while being in browser is BROKEN IN ALL VERSIONS < 0.5.4 and may, under some random circumstances, cause UNWANTED DELETION OF OTHER FILES. It needs to be manually enabled in configuration file though, so if you don't use it, you're fine. Otherwise you should upgrade to 0.5.4 or higher version immediately. - I used the feature, that can cause UNWANTED DELETION OF OTHER FILES. (I read + I used the feature, that can cause UNWANTED DELETION OF OTHER FILES. (I read the ATTENTION notice too late.) It removed about 1/2 of my HOME folder!!!!! I would like to ask you, if you can remove this program from all repositories, where it is included or fix the bug or use another version. Yours sincerely Natty already has ncmpcpp version 0.5.4-1, which is not affected. All versions packaged for Ubuntu: - ncmpcpp | 0.3.4-1 | karmic/universe | source, amd64, i386 - ncmpcpp | 0.4.1-1 | lucid/universe | source, amd64, i386 - ncmpcpp | 0.5.2-1 | maverick/universe | source, amd64, i386 - ncmpcpp | 0.5.4-1 | natty/universe | source, amd64, i386 + ncmpcpp | 0.3.4-1 | karmic/universe | source, amd64, i386 + ncmpcpp | 0.4.1-1 | lucid/universe | source, amd64, i386 + ncmpcpp | 0.5.2-1 | maverick/universe | source, amd64, i386 + ncmpcpp | 0.5.4-1 | natty/universe | source, amd64, i386 + + TESTCASE: + 0. Install mpd and add music files into the music directory and verify that the user running ncmpcpp has write privileges on this directory. Configure ncmpcpp to point to this directory and allow files and directory deletion. + 1. Start mpd + 2. Start ncmpcpp + 3. Switch to brower mode + 4. Select the directory + 5. Press the 'Del' key to delete the directory + => Verify that some /random/ directory/files are deleted and that the deletion of the selected directory fails. Repeat until it deletes unselected files/directories + 6. Install the version from -proposed + 7. Repeat steps 2 to 5 and verify that only the selected directory is deleted.
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