nautilus unable to delete directories correctly over WebDAV

[Paddy Launch]

Binary package hint: nautilus

1) Ubuntu 8.10
2) nautilus:
  Installed: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2

3) When deleting a non-empty folder on a WebDAV mount (either by selecting it and pressing DEL or by right-clicking and selecting "Move to the Deleted Items Folder") I am asked "... do you want to delete permanently?" to which I respond "Delete". I then expect the folder to disappear silently.

4) However, instead I get a dialog box "Error while deleting" "Not found" for every single file in the folder that I wish to delete. I can click through with "Skip" or "Skip All" and at the end I am left with an empty folder (which should have been deleted). I then have to delete the folder again, and again get "Error while deleting" "Not found" for the folder itself. If I click "Skip" again I find the folder is deleted, but it still remains visible in nautilus until I press "Reload".

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
Package: nautilus 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-14-generic x86_64

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)

[Paddy Launch (paddylaunch-deactivatedaccount)]

Shouldn't there be a semi-automated procedure in launchpad for sending bug reports upstream? It's a bit much to ask ordinary users to submit a report twice, isn't it? I suspected this was an upstream bug, but it was just convenient for me to use the built-in bug reporting feature.

[Florian Schweikert (kelvan)]

same problem with sftp/sshfs at karmic i386.
this bug is disturbing my workflow :-/

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. A new version of GVFS is available in both Lucid and Maverick and we are wondering if this is still reproducible in any of those versions, May you please test and give us of feedback about it? Thanks in advance.

[Paddy Launch (paddylaunch-deactivatedaccount)]

I'm using Lucid, and I'm pleased to report that the bug is no longer
reproducible.

(Unfortunately I uncovered another bug whilst testing - it doesn't
seem to be possible to rename a file or folder over WebDAV. Whenever I
try I get the message "The item could not be renamed. Sorry, could
not rename "<NAME A>" to "<NAME B>": Conflict". I'll log this as a
separate bug, if necessary).

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

awesome, closing the bug for now.

[mxyzptlk (mxyzptlk)]

I'm using Maverick, and this bug has been persistent at least since Karmic. If Paddy Launch was able to do something to make it work, care to share?

[Paddy Launch (paddylaunch-deactivatedaccount)]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 07:27:47PM -0000, mxyzptlk wrote:
> I'm using Maverick, and this bug has been persistent at least since
> Karmic. If Paddy Launch was able to do something to make it work, care
> to share?
>

The bug appears to have been fixed in Lucid ... I can't speak for
Maverick as I don't use it.