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kdebase-workspace package

[kde 4] recently used items tab contains lock files which shouldn't be user-visible

Bug #253719 reported by mathew on 2008-07-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #270144: lock file appears in recent used tab. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	kdebase-workspace (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: kdebase

The recently used tab of the KDE 4.1 launcher contains an entry for meta.desktop.lock in .kde4/share/apps.

I have no idea what this file is. I'm guessing it's some internal system lockfile. Hence, it shouldn't be appearing in the list.

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote on 2008-07-31:

Please open the file and in case it doesn't contain any secret data, please attach it to this report.

Changed in kdebase:
importance:	Undecided → Low
status:	New → Incomplete

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mathew (meta23) wrote on 2008-08-01:

Mysterious recent file Edit (107 bytes, text/plain)

File contains the following text:

[Desktop Entry]
Icon=inode-directory
Name=meta
Type=Link
URL[$e]=file://$HOME
X-KDE-LastOpenedWith=dolphin

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mathew (meta23) wrote on 2008-08-01:

I should say that that's the file meta.desktop. The file meta.desktop.lock doesn't actually exist, according to ls -la.

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Harald Sitter (apachelogger) wrote on 2008-08-04:

I can't really reproduce it here, so I'll leave the status at New.

Feel free to take a look at bugs.kde.org whether there is a similar report, otherwise try aggregating as many information as possible (when does it appear?, is there some pattern?, save the files which appear but shouldn't to post them later on in a bug report) and forward the report to KDE.