replacing directory with contained file of same name behaves strangely

[Joshua H. Rothenberg]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Create a directory. In that directory, create a file of the same name. Copy or cut the file and paste into the parent directory. A dialog box saying "A folder named (name) already exists. Do you want to replace it?" Click "replace" and both the folder and the directory are deleted.

Nautilus should probably either refuse to copy the file or display a clearer warning and then replace the folder with the directory.

[Florian Diesch (diesch)]

I can confirm this.

nautilus:
  Installed: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.24.1-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

[Florian Diesch (diesch)]

This seems to be a related to #102276 and #296484.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.