Unless there are issues I'm not aware of, we could fix this by always enabling the behavior triggered when enabling the "Create a backup copy of files before saving" option, and then removing the capability for the user to disable that functionality. (Note that this is a workaround that works the last time I tried it, and is documented.)
It'd be an easy fix. Sean On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Sebastien Bacher <seb...@ubuntu.com>wrote: > > Don't you want Ubuntu to integrate smoothly into a Windows-centric > environment? > > using GNOME to edit smb document over gvfs mount works fine which is the > recommended desktop way, the issue is with fstab command line mounts > there > > > Linux *is* for power users. > > Good, so power users should know how to use an another editor or > workaround the issue > > > Next, SAMBA is hardly a power user thing. If you're on ANY kind of > network/LAN, you are no doubt using samba or the Microsoft equivalent of > it. > > Right, that's why GNOME can mount smb shares in an easy way and editing > txt using gedit works just fine there, the issue is when you use command > line to mount samba mounts in a system specific way > > > but then refuse to fix things as it's much sexier to implement new > features than work on bugs. Or my other favorite is how they throw back > the "why don't YOU fix it and submit a patch". > > the comment is not very useful when you comment on a distribution bug > tracker and not to the software writer and the issue is a lack of > manpower one > > -- > gedit fails to save files over smbfs/cifs > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34813 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Light-Weight Text Editor for Gnome: Confirmed > Status in SambaServer: Invalid > Status in SSHFS Mounter: Confirmed > Status in “gedit” package in Ubuntu: Triaged > > Bug description: > Saving files over a cifs/smbfs server doesnt work. You can open file, edit > then save perfectly. But repeated saves after give you this error: > > "The file /home/dhonn/website/arrays.php has been modified since reading > it. If you save it, all the external changes could be lost. Save it > anyway?" > > The think is lying to me because I havent made any external changes. > > When I click "Save Anyway", i get this error: > > "Could not save the file /home/dhonn/website/arrays.php." > > But on the third try it works just fine. > > Here are the error messages, btw there are also GUI glitches too: > http://dhonn.com/images/gedit-0.jpg > http://dhonn.com/images/gedit-1.jpg > > -- gedit fails to save files over smbfs/cifs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/34813 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs