Package: gvfs Version: 1.36.2-1 Severity: normal This is an ancient, but still unresolved problem, described at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/332646
In short, both Nautilus and Caja do not preserve file dates when copying files over SSH. This is serious, bceuse it makes it impossible to make backups which are upgraded only when necessary, as date information is lost. A bounty has been created for this bug, as mentioned in the Launchpad report. The bounty is at https://www.bountysource.com/issues/23459433-gvfs-should-set-file-attributes-properly -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 4.16.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C:en_GB:en:en_US:it:fr:es (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages gvfs depends on: ii gvfs-common 1.36.2-1 ii gvfs-daemons 1.36.2-1 ii gvfs-libs 1.36.2-1 ii libc6 2.27-5 ii libglib2.0-0 2.56.1-2 gvfs recommends no packages. Versions of packages gvfs suggests: ii gvfs-backends 1.36.2-1 -- no debconf information