E4defrag fails to restore parent directory timestamp after defragmenting a file in that directory

[Ernie 07]

The effect of this bug is quite similar to the one the was reported via bug 1133663 ”Extract Here fails to preserve timestamps for non-empty folders”. Directions to reproduce follow:

1. Create a tar.bz2 archive of a directory containing a fragmented file. One such file might be the 64-bit debian download of google-chrome-stable.
2. Extract that archive to a temporary location that is not on the same partition.
3. Consume some time, a few minutes will do.
4. E4defrag the partition.
5. Observe that the directory timestamp indicates the time that the file was defragmented. The original timestamp was not restored.

The --delay-directory-restore flag got the job done for Extract Here. Might there be something similar for e4defrag?

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.