Re: Bug: Overwrites incorrect file

Le 27/06/2010 02:21, David Jarvis a écrit :
> Try this:
>
> 1. cd $HOME
> 2. touch *.xsession-errors*
> 3. pgadmin3
> 4. Connect to a database
> 5. Click on tables
> 6. Click the Execute arbitrary statements button
> 7. Type some text
> 8. Save as ... test.sql
>
> Next:
>
> 1. Type *Alt-f*
> 2. Type *a*
> 3. Click test.sql
> 4. Click Save
> 5. Click Replace
>
> You should now receive an error that the file could not be saved
> (because you are saving over a directory) *OR* it will overwrite an
> existing file..
>
> If the file .xsession-errors is in the same directory that you are
> saving, the save as routine will "randomly" select a different file to
> save over.
>
> I discovered this by:
>
> 1. Saving the file into */tmp*: there was no error.
> 2. Recreating all of the hidden "dot" subdirectories from $HOME
> directory into */home/temp*.
> 3. Saving the file into */home/temp*; there was no error.
>
> This meant that the main difference was that there are hidden "dot"
> files in $HOME but not in */home/temp*. (Admittedly, it could have been
> a combination of dot directories, dot files, the number of files, or
> some weird sum of name lengths issue.)
>
> I then noticed I had a 100k .xsession-errors file in $HOME that I did
> not need. After I deleted it, I could no longer recreate the bug.
> Certainly more than a coincidence. ;-)
>

Tried it, worked fine to me.

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