Description of Problem:

I keep all my important files on a separate disk
partition from my main
linux install, so that I can access them from
other operating systems. 
When in linux, this partition is mounted off my
home directory, at
/home/abe/files.

Yesterday I went to rearrange some of the icons on
my desktop (I'm using
the "home directory on the desktop option), and I
dragged the "files"
icon to another part of the screen.  To my
surprise, Nautilus popped up
the "copying files" dialog.  I thought that maybe
I'd dropped the icon
on another folder instead, so I hit cancel.  After
a couple of seconds,
the "copying files" dialog dissapeared, and a
"deleting files" dialog
popped up intstead.  That seemed strange, but I
assumed it was just
removing the copies it had started to make. 
However, after a few
seconds, I realized it was deleting all the files
in my original "files"
folder!!!

Of course I quickly hit cancel, and it stopped
deleting.  But seeing my
most important files dissapearing (yes, I have a
backup, but it's a few
days old and I've done some work since then) was
very scary.  As far as
I can tell this bug is caused by the convergence
of desktop-as-home-dir
and the way Nautilus handles seperate partitions. 
Rather than just
moving the icon, Nautilus actually wanted to start
copying files, and
then it seemed to think the original source
directory was the target
directory and that it needed to be cleaned up.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Use home dir as desktop
2. Mount a partition in your home dir
3. Try to move the icon for the mounted partition

Actual Results:
Nautilus tries to make a copy of the directory; if
the copy is cancelled, it deletes the _original_
directory

Expected Results:
The icon should be moved without affecting the
underlying filesystem.

How often does this happen? 
Twice, and now I'm afraid  to try it again ;-)

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