GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 781519
file-roller fails extracting from a file with arbitrary extension
Last modified: 2020-11-11 19:11:44 UTC
If I try to extract from a file whose extension has been previously renamed, file-roller outputs an error saying "archive type not supported" (translation by myself). I would expect file-roller to recognize the archive type by its content, and not by its extension. Steps to reproduce: 1) compress a file; 2) rename the extension of the compressed file; 3) try to extract from the compressed file Actual results: Error message "archive type not supported" Expected results: Correct extraction of the file content See also a related downstream bug here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678401 which, in brief, asks to use mime types instead of extensions to recognize archive type. Does it make sense? [file-roller 3.20.4 on Fedora 24]
still present in file-roller 3.24.1
still present in file-roller 3.26.2, but slightly changed behavior: Steps to reproduce: 1) compress a file to .zip; 2) rename the extension of the compressed file to "bz2" or "gzip", or other extensions commonly used; 3) try to open the compressed file, by double-clicking on the file Actual results File content is extracted automatically Expected results: Compressed file is opened, files are shown but not extracted without intervention But at the opposite: Steps to reproduce: 1) compress a file to .zip; 2) rename the extension of the compressed file to "xxx" or "yyy", or other extensions (not recognized by some standards?); 3) try to open the compressed file, by double-clicking on the file Actual results Compressed file is opened, files are shown but not extracted without intervention Expected results: Compressed file is opened, files are shown but not extracted without intervention Is it better to file a new bug?
Still present in file-roller 3.28.1 with the behavior pointed out in comment#2
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