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Bug 576960 - file-roller shows random filesize for zero bytes files
file-roller shows random filesize for zero bytes files
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: file-roller
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.26.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Paolo Bacchilega
file-roller-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-03-27 13:58 UTC by Pedro Villavicencio
Modified: 2009-03-31 17:17 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.25/2.26


Description Pedro Villavicencio 2009-03-27 13:58:09 UTC 
this report has been filed here:

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/314546

"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"

file:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22492660/empty.gz

screenshot of the issue:

http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22943158/file-roller-bug.png

on the command line it returns:

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

Thanks you,
Comment 1 Paolo Bacchilega 2009-03-31 17:17:04 UTC 
fixed in trunk, thanks for the report.