This is a follow-up from bug 40865.

The test module (code in test-method.c) lets you make certain gnome-vfs
operations slow. This lets you see how Nautilus behaves with certain operations
being really slow, which is great. One minor issue with the current
implementation is that the slowness is done with a single uninterruptable usleep
(total_delay) call. So the Nautilus UI for cancelling slow operations doesn't
work well with the test module; the Cancel button in the timed-wait dialog stays
visibly depressed until the usleep period is over, and then the operation is
reversed.

To reproduce (one of many ways:

(1) Set up the test-method (instructions at top of test-method.c) to make
set_file_info really slow (add a delay of 10 seconds).
(2) Launch Nautilus as root
(3) Type "test:///home" into the location bar
(4) Right-click on some folder or file and choose "Show Properties".
(5) Click on the Permissions tab
(6) Choose a different owner from the Owner option menu.

After a few seconds, the Nautilus timed-wait cancel dialog will appear.

(7) Click the Cancel button in the little timed-wait cancel dialog.

At this point, the dialog should go away and the owner reset to its previous
value. Instead, the Cancel button remains visually depressed until the 10-second
usleep delay is finished. (At which time the operation is successfully
reversed.)



------- Additional Comments From snickell@stanford.edu 2001-07-23 00:32:46 ----

Taking bugs previously assigned to Pavel, assigning them to myself. Will parse
them out at my leisure , but many are GnomeVFS bugs we should look at for 2.0



------- Bug moved to this database by unknown@bugzilla.gnome.org 2001-09-09 20:57 -------