Bug#542451: nautilus: Nautilus displays an empty folder for an afs-mounted symlink

[Svante Signell]

On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 11:18 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeudi 20 aot 2009  10:38 +0200, Svante Signell a crit : 
> > On Thu, 2009-08-20 at 09:20 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > > Le mercredi 19 aot 2009  20:12 +0200, Svante Signell a crit : 
> > > > Nautilus from testing (2.26.3-1) shows a blank entry for an AFS-mounted 
> > > > volume using a symlink: afs_srs -> /afs/.../srs/
> > > > 
> > > > No user or group ID has changes, I just upgraded from lenny to squeeze.
> > > 
> > > Sorry, but I don’t understand your report. What is this symlink? What is
> > > the directory it is pointing to? Is it already mounted or are you trying
> > > to mount it this way?
> > 
> > The afs directory has been mounted already. Everything works as expected
> > from a terminal. It does not in Nautilus, however, with the graphic interface.
> > Checking the properties shows that it is a symlink: 
> > 
> > Name: afs_srs
> > Type: Link to folder (inode/directory)
> > Link target: /afs/.../srs
> > Contents: nothing
> 
> What is the output of the following commands?
> gvfs-info afs_srs
display name: afs_srs
edit name: afs_srs
name: afs_srs
type: directory
size: 8192
attributes:
  standard::name: afs_srs
  standard::is-symlink: TRUE
  standard::type: 2
  standard::size: 8192
  standard::allocated-size: 8192
  standard::symlink-target: /afs/.../srs/
  standard::display-name: afs_srs
  standard::edit-name: afs_srs
  standard::copy-name: afs_srs
  standard::content-type: inode/directory
  standard::icon: inode-directory, gnome-mime-inode-directory,
inode-x-generic, folder
  standard::fast-content-type: inode/directory
  unix::device: 17
  unix::inode: 1159659522
  unix::nlink: 89
  unix::uid: 26344
  unix::gid: 19700
  unix::rdev: 1
  unix::mode: 16877
  unix::block-size: 4096
  unix::blocks: 16
  unix::is-mountpoint: TRUE
  time::modified: 1250698027
  time::modified-usec: 0
  time::access: 1250698027
  time::access-usec: 0
  time::changed: 1250698027
  time::changed-usec: 0
  etag::value: 1250698027:0
  id::file: l17:1159659522
  id::filesystem: l17
  owner::user: srs
  owner::user-real: Svante Signell
  owner::group: imit
  access::can-read: TRUE
  access::can-write: TRUE
  access::can-execute: TRUE
  access::can-rename: TRUE
  access::can-delete: TRUE
  access::can-trash: TRUE

> gvfs-info /afs/.../srs
display name: srs
edit name: srs
name: srs
type: directory
size: 8192
attributes:
  standard::name: srs
  standard::type: 2
  standard::size: 8192
  standard::allocated-size: 8192
  standard::display-name: srs
  standard::edit-name: srs
  standard::copy-name: srs
  standard::content-type: inode/directory
  standard::icon: inode-directory, gnome-mime-inode-directory,
inode-x-generic, folder
  standard::fast-content-type: inode/directory
  unix::device: 17
  unix::inode: 1159659522
  unix::nlink: 89
  unix::uid: 26344
  unix::gid: 19700
  unix::rdev: 1
  unix::mode: 16877
  unix::block-size: 4096
  unix::blocks: 16
  time::modified: 1250698027
  time::modified-usec: 0
  time::access: 1250698027
  time::access-usec: 0
  time::changed: 1250698027
  time::changed-usec: 0
  etag::value: 1250698027:0
  id::file: l17:1159659522
  id::filesystem: l17
  owner::user: srs
  owner::user-real: Svante Signell
  owner::group: imit
  access::can-read: TRUE
  access::can-write: TRUE
  access::can-execute: TRUE
  access::can-rename: FALSE
  access::can-delete: FALSE
  access::can-trash: FALSE


> gvfs-ls -l /afs/.../srs
Empty, except for an old buggy directory entry/link.

BTW: Are there any manpages or documentation available for gvfs?