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Bug 423265 - normalize saved filenames for conflict
normalize saved filenames for conflict
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 421736
Product: glib
Classification: Platform
Component: general
2.14.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: gtkdev
gtkdev
Depends on:
Blocks: 423036
 
 
Reported: 2007-03-27 08:26 UTC by Denis Jacquerye
Modified: 2009-11-18 13:58 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Denis Jacquerye 2007-03-27 08:26:29 UTC 
When saving a file, if there's already a file existing with a canonically
equivalent name, they should conflict and be considered to have the same name,
i.e. ask the user to overwrite the other.

For example, a file "école" is in the working directory, and a file "école"
is going to be saved. These are the same name for the user, they should be
considered as such by the application.
Note: first name has <U+0065 LATIN SMALL LETTER E + U+0301 COMBINING ACUTE
ACCENT>
second name has <U+00E9 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE>

When saving a new file, the name should probably be normalized, NFC is probably
the safest for compatibility with legacy systems.
Comment 1 Denis Jacquerye 2007-03-27 08:29:14 UTC 
blocks meta bug 423036
Comment 2 Bastien Nocera 2007-09-07 10:10:09 UTC 
We use g_file_test to check whether a file already exists, so it should be fixed there.
Comment 3 Alexandre Franke 2009-08-05 12:56:02 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 421736 ***