The command 'Make Link' creates multiple file copies

[Ace]

(Note:- 64bit 12.04 ubuntu (and variants of it) do not exist!
So I have had to say that I don't know where I found the bug.)

This looks like a serious bug to me - others have confirmed this by repeating the test below:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=12296573#post12296573
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Try to make a document link:

Open Gedit - copy and paste a few bytes of text - save as 'AA-test' in your document dir.
Open Nautilus and check your doc dir - yes it's there.

Rclick it - 'make link'.

What you now see is a new file called 'Link to AA-test ' - both are the same file size.

Dclick the 'Link to' file and delete a couple of bytes (2 characters), and save.

My sys is set to make bakups, so I now see:

Link To AA-test~_____ 945bytes
AA-test____________ 943bytes
Link To AA-test______ 945bytes

The above is clearly incorrect cos my bakup file is called 'Link To'

Now open 'AA-test' directly, and delete 2 more characters and save.
I now see:

AA-test____________ 941bytes
Link To AA-test~_____ 945bytes
AA-test~___________ 943bytes
Link To AA-test______ 945bytes

It seems conclusive that 'make Link' is not functioning correctly.
Further tests can be made, eg. rename 'Link To' - 'Linq To'.
When you load it in Gedit, top-left informs you are working on 'Linq To AA-test'.

Apart from this being confusing...... it looks like instead of having a small link file, my doc, and my bakup doc......... I now have 4 full size docs wasting space on my HDisk.

This is surely a bug no?

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Ace (ace.....)]

Yes this was a bug report about ubuntu 'make link' so it had no package.

There is even some dispute over whether this is a bug, or whether ubuntu
is working as planned, only that it could be doing it a whole lot
better.
The counter arguments are laid out in the link in the initial report.

Mark Sheriff

On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 16:20 +0000, Ubuntu Foundation's Bug Bot wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. It seems that your bug report is not filed about a
> specific source package though, rather it is just filed against Ubuntu
> in general. It is important that bug reports be filed about source
> packages so that people interested in the package can find the bugs
> about it. You can find some hints about determining what package your
> bug might be about at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage.
> You might also ask for help in the #ubuntu-bugs irc channel on Freenode.
>
> To change the source package that this bug is filed about visit
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1066871/+editstatus and add the
> package name in the text box next to the word Package.
>
> [This is an automated message. I apologize if it reached you
> inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.]
>
> ** Tags added: bot-comment
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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in nautilus.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

reproduced confirmed in 13.04
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[Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)]

sorry, I misunderstood te report
I cannot reproduce this on raring

[Ads20000 (ads20000)]

Assuming this is fixed in Ubuntu 18.04 and Cosmic. Please change back to New if you can reproduce this bug there.