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

[Svante R Signell]

On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 15:30 +0200, Svante R Signell wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 14:18 +0200, Svante R Signell wrote:
> > On Fri, 2009-08-21 at 13:15 +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> > ...
> > BTW:
> > cd afs_srs
> > gvfs-ls -l .
> > Error: Error stating file '/afs/.../srs/OldFiles': No such device
> > 
> > Is this the problem? I'll ask the sysadmin to remove this directory/link
> > or whatever it is. I don't have control over the /afs/.../srs/ directory
> > myself.
> 
> The cause of the problem has been found! Nautilus does not display _any_
> files if a directory entry is not mounted, like the output from 
> gvfs-ls -l above. Removing the unmounted directory (or mounting) makes
> nautilus list all files properly! Remains to find where to make the
> modifications, the unmounted entry should be shown/listed too!!

THe problem is twofold: Nautilus does not report unmounted directories
and gvfs does not show any output (except the error message) if unounted
entries exist. This bug report should be cloned to gvfs! I'll do this.