Empty Trash in Settings doesn't work.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-control-center |
Fix Released
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Medium
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gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Artful |
Fix Released
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Impact
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In Settings--privacy, there is a entry named "Empty trash and temporary files". but it doesn't work. when I clicked the red button EMPTY TRASH, the Trash still filled with something.
Test Case
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Note that this is a two-part fix. You will need the 3.26.2 versions of both gnome-settings-
1. Create a sample document with Text Editor and save it to your home folder.
2. Open the Files app. Select the sample file and press Delete to send it to the Trash.
3. In the Files sidebar, click Trash to verify that the file is there.
4. Open the Settings app.
5. Open the Privacy panel. Click "Purge Trash & Temporary Files". Click "Empty Trash" then confirm "Empty Trash".
6. The Trash folder in the Files app should be empty now.
Regression Potential
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This fix is part of the GNOME 3.26.2 bug fix release.
The D-Bus method to empty the trash shouldn't be used by anything besides gnome-control-
There is a micro-release exception for GNOME:
https:/
affects: | ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) → gnome-control-center (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Triaged → In Progress |
Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in gnome-control-center: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu Artful): | |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
status: | New → Triaged |
Changed in gnome-control-center (Ubuntu): | |
status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
Changed in gnome-settings-daemon (Ubuntu Artful): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
description: | updated |
Thanks, indeed it's buggy and has been reported upstream on https:/ /bugzilla. gnome.org/ show_bug. cgi?id= 737624, I'm adding patches there