GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 618908
.7z compression with encryption gives error
Last modified: 2010-08-26 09:23:41 UTC
Binary package hint: file-roller Duplicated on two different systems: - Ubuntu 9.10 on AMD64 using file-roller 2.28.1-0ubuntu1 and p7zip 9.04~dfsg.1-1 - Ubuntu10.04 on i386 using file-roller 2.30.0-0ubuntu1 and p7zip 9.04~dfsg.1-1 To reproduce bug on a File: - Right-click any file, select compress... from the menu. - Select .7z for compression type - Expand Other Options and enter password - Click Create Expected result: - Create an encrypted .7z archive in the same folder as the source file. Actual result: - Window pops up titled: An error occurred while adding files to the archive. - Expanding Command Line Output gives Error: Incorrect command line - Click OK to dismiss error window - No file is created To reproduce bug on a Folder: - Right-click any folder, select compress... from the menu. - Select .7z for compression type - Expand Other Options and enter password - Click Create Expected result: - Create an encrypted .7z archive in the same folder as the source folder. Actual result: - An untitled window pops up - Contents of window: An error occurred while adding files to the archive. - Click OK to dismiss error window - No file is created Forwarding from Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/file-roller/+bug/557345 The problem only happens when p7zip is installed but not p7zip-full.
This has been fixed disabling the password option if only 7zr is installed, because 7zr does not support encryption. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.