utf8-migration-tool could possibly destroy all files within encrypted ~/Private
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utf8-migration-tool (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: utf8-migration-tool
If you run this tool on a system with an encrypted ~/Private directory, the tool will first rename files in ~/.Private and then ~/Private. I'm not sure what happens if you manage files from ~/.Private/ but I would guess it's not that good.
Probably this tool will also care about files in ~/.gvfs/ and that is probably not what you want (if I would run it at work with a 2TB share mounted in ~/.gvfs/xyz with all the companys document, that would probably not be what I wanted).
There are no options possible with this tool so I can't think of a workaround except re-writing the code.
$ apt-cache policy utf8-migration-tool
utf8-migration-
Installed: 0.5.4
Candidate: 0.5.4
Version table:
*** 0.5.4 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu jaunty (development branch)
Release: 9.04
That's quite old; report with newer active version if needed