Please re-open this bug. It has not been fixed. I have exactly the same problem on ubuntu 13.04.
This is the error message from the terminal: ** (file-roller:16278): WARNING **: Errore nel creare il collegamento simbolico: File già esistente "Error creating the symbolic link. File already exist" The of course does not exist yet. How to reproduce: 1) compress in rar whatever folder (es: X) 2) double click on X.rar 3) double on on X directory 4) Click on add file An error message will show up. Annoying workaround: Double click on X.rar and add the file directly there, then cut and copy inside X folder. ** Changed in: file-roller (Ubuntu) Status: Expired => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/666238 Title: File-roller An error occured during the addition of files to the archive Status in “file-roller” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: file-roller When using the "Compress" option of the right menu in Nautilus and choosing the tar.gz mode: - a message appears in a box: Une erreur s'est produite durant l'ajout de fichiers à l'archive (meaning: An error occured during the addition of files to the archive) - the size of the archive is fewer than if I make it with the command line: 48,7 instead of 49,1 Mib so the resulting archive is wrong! If I lauch file-roller by the terminal, it displays: (file-roller:2343): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_tree_store_get_path: assertion `iter->stamp == tree_store->stamp' failed philippe@dell-1720:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 10.10 Release: 10.10 philippe@dell-1720:~$ apt-cache policy file-roller file-roller: Installé : 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 Candidat : 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 Table de version : *** 2.32.0-0ubuntu1 0 500 http://www-ftp.lip6.fr/pub/linux/distributions/Ubuntu/archive/ maverick/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/666238/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp