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file-roller package

file-roller shows random filesize for zero bytes files

Bug #314546 reported by Ste
10
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
File Roller
Fix Released
Medium
file-roller (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: file-roller

File Roller 2.24.1
ubuntu intrepid amd64

Problem:
file-roller shows a random filesize for a zero bytes file.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
* create an empty text file
* right click, create archive (select .gz type)

open the .gz archive and see that the file has a random filesize, the size changes every time you open the archive

See original description
Ste (ilpillo)
description: updated
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

nto here, could you attach an example to the report? does it works fine for you with jaunty?

Changed in file-roller:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Incomplete
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.

Changed in file-roller:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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Ste (ilpillo) wrote :

Sorry for the delay, I can confirm that this bug is present in two different machines both with 8.10 version.
See the attacched screenshot (sorry for the italian language)

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Ste (ilpillo) wrote :

and the .gz file

Ste (ilpillo)
Changed in file-roller:
status: Invalid → New
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f3a97 (f3a97) wrote :

Hello guys,
    I'm having the same problem too.

See attached screenshot, it is a gz containing an empty file.

Ste (ilpillo)
Changed in file-roller:
status: New → Confirmed
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

error is :

"** (file-roller:7381): WARNING **: Failed to get file size for /home/pedro/tests/empty.gz: Operation not supported

(file-roller:7381): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
"

will look upstream, thanks for following up.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thanks for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments here: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=576960

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
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Changed in fileroller:
status: Unknown → New
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Changed in fileroller:
status: New → Fix Released
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the bug has been fixed upstream now

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue has been fixed before jaunty

Changed in file-roller (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in file-roller:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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