Renaming file in password protected archive results in file being deleted from the archive

[John Keenan]

I have encountered a problem when using Archive Manager (file-roller) version 3.16.5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (currently updated).
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ apt-cache policy file-roller
file-roller:
  Installed: 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2
  Candidate: 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2
  Version table:
 *** 3.16.5-0ubuntu1.2 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.16.4-1ubuntu3 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

To demonstrate this problem:

  1) Download the attached file "Archive rename problem.zip". This archive contains the two files "Hello there.txt" and "Hello there.log". The archive password is "Hello there" (without the quotes).
  2) Inspection of the contents of the two files indicates the files were mistakenly named. The .txt file should be .log and the .log file should be .txt.
  3) Close and re-open the archive. This step is required so the password is required in the next step.
  4) Rename file "Hello there.txt" to "Hello there2.log". When you click the "Rename" button, you will be immediately prompted for the archive password. Enter the password and click the "OK" button. At this point the file "Hello there.txt" has been deleted from the archive and only file "Hello there.log" remains in the archive. Menu item File > Test Integrity shows no problems with the archive.

My expectation is that the rename of a file in an archive should never result in the deletion of that file from the archive. The rename operation should either rename the file or fail to rename the file preserving the original file name.

I believe this problem is important because files that are put into a password protected archive are put there for a reason (for example, financial information). The unexpected deletion of these files is most likely important to the file owner.

Please note:

  1) This problem does not occur if the identical files are placed into an archive which is not password protected.
  2) This problem does not occur if the archive password is entered previous to the rename operation. For example, if the files are first opened to inspect their contents.
  3) This problem does not occur if the two files have different names excluding the file name extensions .txt and .log.

[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.