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mtpfs package

Copying MP3 Files To A Subdirectory Fails

Bug #1053780 reported by Scott Talbert on 2012-09-21

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to
	mtpfs (Debian)	Fix Released	Unknown	debbugs #652940
	mtpfs (Ubuntu)	Incomplete	Undecided	Unassigned
Nominated for Precise by David Henningsson

Bug Description

When using an MTPFS mounted filesystem, if an MP3 file is copied to a subdirectory, e.g.:

cp file.mp3 /mnt/mtpfs/Music/X/

the file ends up in /mnt/mtpfs/Music instead of in X.

This has been fixed upstream in Debian, trivial patch attached.

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Scott Talbert (swt-techie) wrote on 2012-09-21:

patch Edit (525 bytes, text/plain)

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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote on 2012-09-21:

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added: patch

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater) on 2012-10-04

Changed in mtpfs (Debian):
status:	Unknown → Fix Released

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David Henningsson (diwic) wrote on 2012-10-10:

Hi Scott, and thanks for your patch!

I'm trying to reproduce the problem here, but it seems to work correctly on my machine (a 12.04 + a Galaxy Note, running ICS). Could you clarify if this a problem in 12.04, 12.10 or both?

Changed in mtpfs (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Incomplete

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Scott Talbert (swt-techie) wrote on 2012-10-10:

I am seeing the problem in 12.04 with a Galaxy Nexus running Jellybean. Do you really mean that you are running 12.10? Because I believe that has a newer version of MTPFS which already has the patch included.

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Joshua R. Poulson (jrp) wrote on 2012-10-20:

I'm seeing slightly different behavior. I am copying files over to both a Kindle Fire HD and a Nexus 7 and they both act as though the copy succeeds and the file immediately disappears from the directory after the copy. No errors in syslog.

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Scott Talbert (swt-techie) wrote on 2012-10-20:

Are the files going to anywhere on the device? The root directory?

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gumpish (launchpad-5-gumpish) wrote on 2013-07-15:

Can someone put a patched version for 12.04 in a PPA? (If the maintainers can't be arsed to implement a one line patch which the source distribution saw fit to roll out, I'm pessimistic about any packages for already-released versions of *buntu ever being updated except to patch critical security vulnerabilities. Which is fine, I'm not a paying customer so I'm not complaining.)