Eclipse alter files on save over GVFS mounted shares (ssh and cifs)

[Laurent Dinclaux]

Binary package hint: eclipse

I have upgraded my 10.04 system to 10.10. And since then, that critical bug occurs.

I have two different projects in eclipse: one on a dev server witch I access through a samba share (a wordpress project), the other one on an other server with I access through sftp (both mounted in nautilus using gvfs)

On the first project, when I edit and then save a file, most of the time some chars are added to the end of the file, example:

/*
Theme Name: child
Theme URI: http: //child.com
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Ten theme
Author: Gecka
Author URI: http: //site.com/
Template: twentyten
Version: 0.1.0
*/

Becomes, after saving the file:

/*
Theme Name: child
Theme URI: http: //child.com
Description: Child theme for the Twenty Ten theme
Author: Gecka
Author URI: http: //site.com/
Template: twentyten
Version: 0.1.0
*/

: 0.1.0
*/

This occurs for PHP and Css files.

Concerning the second project (accessed using sftp) Any file I save in eclipse is saved as an empty file! I already lost some hours of coding because of that.

I haven't tested on the local file system because I do not have any project on my computer but on my development servers.

I also tested, Ubuntu's packaged eclipse version and the new Helios release (downloaded from eclipse.com). Both have the issue in Marverick but not in Lucid.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: eclipse 3.5.2-6ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Oct 6 11:38:53 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: eclipse
xulrunner-versions: /usr/lib/xulrunner-1.9.2.10

[Nicolas Bonnici (contact-nbonnici)]

I have the same issue while editing files with SFTP over Nautilus and all my EDI (Geany, Gedit and also Eclipse). When i save the file weight is 0ko and of course empty. That make me lost a lot of time to restore backup over VIM in a shell.

I tested it with a fresh Ubuntu 10.10 stable release no extra package with all my webserver with correct chmod/chown even in chmod 0777.

Nicolas BONNICI

[Laurent Dinclaux (dreadlox)]

I personally have tried:

- 10.10 eclipse package
- yogarine's eclipse package
- stock eclipse (downloaded from eclipse.com)

All have the issue in 10.10 and NOT in 10.04. I did a fresh install of 10.10 on my desktop computer, and got same issue.

I have wasted so much time trying all that. Reverting to 10.04.

[Laurent Dinclaux (dreadlox)]

As one repported the issue with other editors, and as the same eclipse versions work fine in Lucid. It is most certainly GVFS related.

THIS IS A CRITICAL BUG FOR DEVELOPERS

[Laurent Dinclaux (dreadlox)]

May this blocking bug get some attention please?

It makes eclipse unusable in a network collaborative environment. I can assist in any way providing logs or testing.

Thks.

[Marius B. Kotsbak (mariusko)]

Might be related to https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=3328