Extract Here fails to preserve timestamps (non-empty folders)

[Ernie 07]

Use Right-Click Extract Here command to untar a tar.bz2 archive.
Non-empty folders will lose original timestamps and show date/time of extraction.
Empty folders and files are processed correctly and retain original timestamps.

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

Extract Here functions correctly with 64-bit 12.04 but not with 64-bit 12.10 (Different partitions but same hardware)
Have changes to the kernel broken it or are Unity changes the cause?

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

When an archive is decompressed, original folder/file date-time stamps should be preserved.
Current behavior sets them to the date-time of extraction.

Perhaps this bug being ignored because it only effects serious users; coupled with a strong perception that Ubuntu is only being used to facilitate entertainment (facebook, streaming video, etc.) of non-serious users.

I would like to move from an older version of Ubuntu, where archiving works correctly, and take advantage of some of the improvements within Ubuntu 12.10 but I cannot move to a newer version whether 12.10 or 13.04, if archiving remains horribly broken.

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This bug STILL occurs in 1210 v19
This bug appears to be similar to bug 1076731 which does NOT appear in 1210 v19 but does occur in earlier versions.

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

Will this BUG be fixed before 13.04 or should I AVOID 12.10 and continue to use 12.04?

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This bug STILL occurs in 64 bit 1210 (Quantal) with kernel 3.5.0-21-generic

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

In my daily work archives are created to preserve snapshots of work in progress. In addition, they are extracted and the before/after folder structures are compared via Beyond Compare. IF Nvidia drivers would stop randomly hanging and thus forcing power resets, I might be able to reduce archiving activities significantly.

1. Should I advise my less-technical associates to SHUN Nvidia hardware because Nvidia continues to demonstrate that driver quality is not important?

2. Should I advise my less-technical associates to SHUN Ubuntu One and ALL versions of Ubuntu after 12.04 including any MOBILE offerings because bugs like this one do not get fixed?

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This bug STILL occurs in 64 bit 1304 (Raring) with kernel 3.8.0-0-generic.
Downloaded and tested today 2013-01_14

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This bug STILL occurs in 64 bit 1304 (Raring) with kernel 3.8.0-2-generic.
Downloaded and tested today 2013-01_27

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This bug also occurs in 64 bit 1304 (Raring) with kernel 3.8.0-3-generic.
Tested Friday 2013-02_01

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This functionally WORKED in 12.04 but got DESTROYED in 12.10 and has not been fixed in 64 bit 1304 (Raring) with kernel 3.8.0-3-generic. Since I make use of this functionally frequently each day, I have avoided 12.10 except to determine if certain bugs have been fixed.

I would appreciate it if this ROADBLOCK to using 13.04 is removed.

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This bug also occurs in 64 bit 1304 (Raring) with kernel 3.8.0-6-generic.
Tested Friday 2013-02_16

[Ernie 07 (ernestboyd)]

This functionally WORKED in 12.04, got DESTROYED in 12.10 and has not been fixed in either 64-bit 3.5.0-25-generic #39~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 26 00:07:14 UTC 2013 or 64-bit 3.8.0-7-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Feb 21 20:07:18 UTC 2013

Since I make use of this functionally frequently each day, I have avoided 12.10 except to determine if certain bugs have been fixed.

I would appreciate it if this ROADBLOCK to using 13.04 is removed.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package file-roller - 3.9.90-0ubuntu1

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file-roller (3.9.90-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  * Sync with Debian. Remaining changes:
    - Depend on zip and unzip instead of p7zip which is in universe
    - Suggest p7zip-full (LP: #918107)
    - Recommend sessioninstaller
  * Dropped change:
    - Use the Ubuntu epoch for the Nautilus depends (Ubuntu 11.10
      and newer include Nautilus 3.0 or higher)
  * New upstream release
    - Restore directory modification time when extracting (LP: #1076716)
    - Allow viewing the password when creating an encrypted archive
      (LP: #772556)
    - Avoid unnecessary word break when wrapping text to new lines
      (LP: #1193921)
  * debian/patches/revert_gtk_3-9.patch:
    - Revert commit that requires GTK 3.9 since GTK 3.9 won't be in Saucy
  * debian/control.in, debian/rules:
    - Run dh-autoreconf for above patch

file-roller (3.8.4-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 3.9.4. No further changes.

file-roller (3.8.3-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.

file-roller (3.8.2-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Upload to unstable.

file-roller (3.8.0-1) experimental; urgency=low

  [ Thomas Bechtold ]
  * New upstream release.

file-roller (3.7.92-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
  * Drop debian/patches/git_handle_cab.patch, from upstream now in release.
  * Bump libgtk-3-dev build-dependency to (>= 3.6.0)
    - source uses GtkMenuButton which is new in 3.6
 -- Jeremy Bicha <email address hidden> Mon, 26 Aug 2013 10:16:27 -0400

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

raring has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the raring task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".