Ubuntu
nautilus package

Nautilus Notes disappear after file rename

Bug #551931 reported by dmitneo on 2010-03-30

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #520259: notes removed on rename directory. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	nautilus (Ubuntu)	New	Low	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: nautilus

Probably caused by same bug as #520259

If you rename a file that has Notes in its properties, the notes will disappear. they are not lost, but simply no longer associated with the file. If you revert the name of the same file, the Notes "magically" reappear.

1. Fill out Note tab in file properties.
2. click close
3. observe Note icon attached to file in file browser ("Note" icon added to upper right corner of thumbnail)
4. Change File Name.
5. Click File "Properties"
6. Click "Notes" tab.
-- "Note" icon disappears from thumbnail, and note text is no longer displayed in "Notes" tab of file properties dialog.
7. Change the file name to what it originally was in step 1 - above.
8. "Note" Icon will reappear in upper right corner of thumbnail in file browser, and NOte will re-appear in "Notes" tab of file properties dialog.

Note also. This behavior occurs on both EXT4 and NTFS volumes.

Expected Behavior: Renaming a file should not affect any other property of a file (except, perhaps, default execution application)

PROBABLE CAUSE: NOTES DATABASE IS NOT UPDATED ON/WITH FILE NAME CHANGE.

Someone will need to write-in a garbage collector, as users who frequently add notes to files and rename them (for organizational purposes - common practice), will likely have property databases with many orphaned "Notes" entries.

Ubuntu Karmic
Nautilus 2.28.1

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: add6740369aa1c82e014358c77ee034a
CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
Date: Tue Mar 30 13:49:42 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu3
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic x86_64

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dmitneo (dmitchel) wrote on 2010-03-30:

Dependencies.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (82.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (777 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote on 2010-03-30:

Thank you for your bug report. The issue is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug the to the people writting the software (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME)