Bug#566093: nautilus: generating thumbnails modifies a file's access time (atime)

[Tyler MacDonald]

Package: nautilus
Version: 2.28.4-1
Severity: minor


When nautilus generates thumbnails for media, that causes the file's atime
to be changed. This is a bit annoying, because I often use the atime of a
file to determine whether I've watched/listened to it yet. It would be
awesome if nautilus could preserve the atime so that when I open a new
folder, all of my files do not appear to have been accessed "just now".

	- Tyler



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nautilus depends on:
ii  desktop-file-utils          0.15-2       Utilities for .desktop files
ii  gvfs                        1.4.3-1      userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  libatk1.0-0                 1.28.0-1     The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii  libbeagle1                  0.3.9-1      library for accessing beagle using
ii  libc6                       2.10.2-5     Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
ii  libcairo2                   1.8.8-2      The Cairo 2D vector graphics libra
ii  libdbus-glib-1-2            0.82-2       simple interprocess messaging syst
ii  libexempi3                  2.1.1-1      library to parse XMP metadata (Lib
ii  libexif12                   0.6.19-1     library to parse EXIF files
ii  libgail18                   2.18.5-1     GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii  libgconf2-4                 2.28.0-1     GNOME configuration database syste
ii  libglib2.0-0                2.22.3-2     The GLib library of C routines
ii  libglib2.0-data             2.22.3-2     Common files for GLib library
ii  libgnome-desktop-2-11       2.28.2-1     Utility library for loading .deskt
ii  libgtk2.0-0                 2.18.5-1     The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libice6                     2:1.0.6-1    X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libnautilus-extension1      2.28.4-1     libraries for nautilus components 
ii  libpango1.0-0               1.26.2-1     Layout and rendering of internatio
ii  libselinux1                 2.0.89-4     SELinux runtime shared libraries
ii  libsm6                      2:1.1.1-1    X11 Session Management library
ii  libtrackerclient0           0.6.95-3     metadata database, indexer and sea
ii  libunique-1.0-0             1.1.6-1      Library for writing single instanc
ii  libx11-6                    2:1.3.2-1    X11 client-side library
ii  libxml2                     2.7.6.dfsg-1 GNOME XML library
ii  libxrender1                 1:0.9.5-1    X Rendering Extension client libra
ii  nautilus-data               2.28.4-1     data files for nautilus
ii  shared-mime-info            0.70-1       FreeDesktop.org shared MIME databa

Versions of packages nautilus recommends:
ii  app-install-dat 2009.06.06               Application Installer Data Files
ii  brasero         2.28.3-1                 CD/DVD burning application for GNO
ii  consolekit      0.4.1-2                  framework for defining and trackin
ii  desktop-base    5.0.5                    common files for the Debian Deskto
ii  eject           2.1.5+deb1+cvs20081104-7 ejects CDs and operates CD-Changer
ii  gvfs-backends   1.4.3-1                  userspace virtual filesystem - bac
ii  librsvg2-common 2.26.0-1                 SAX-based renderer library for SVG
ii  synaptic        0.63                     Graphical package manager

Versions of packages nautilus suggests:
ii  eog                     2.28.2-1         Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  evince [pdf-viewer]     2.28.2-1         Document (postscript, pdf) viewer
ii  kghostview [pdf-viewer] 4:3.5.9-3+lenny1 PostScript viewer for KDE
ii  kpdf [pdf-viewer]       4:3.5.9-3+lenny1 PDF viewer for KDE
ii  mpg123 [mp3-decoder]    1.10.0-2         MPEG layer 1/2/3 audio player
ii  mpg321 [mp3-decoder]    0.2.10.6         mpg123 clone that doesn't use floa
ii  okular [pdf-viewer]     4:4.3.4-1+b1     document viewer for KDE 4
ii  totem                   2.28.5-1         A simple media player for the GNOM
ii  tracker                 0.6.95-3         metadata database, indexer and sea
ii  vlc [mp3-decoder]       1.0.4-2          multimedia player and streamer
ii  vlc-nox [mp3-decoder]   1.0.4-2          multimedia player and streamer (wi
pn  xdg-user-dirs           <none>           (no description available)

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