Comment 1 for bug 312116

it looks like this may be related to the behaviour of the xlink:href attribute:
for example, in my drawing I have :
- an original path with id="path2694"
- an original text which is linked using : xlink:href="#path2694"

- a new pasted path with an id="path2727"
- a new pasted text which is linked using : xlink:href="#path2694-1

it appears that the link to 2694-1 is not working. Interestingly enough, the id 2694-1 actually does exist, but it is in the <defs> section, not the main body.