Bug#880378: rhythmbox: adding file containing pipe sign or colon to iPod results in database/filesystem mismatch

[Felix C. Stegerman]

Package: rhythmbox
Version: 3.4.2-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

I just added some new music to my iPod using rhythmbox (as usual),
however several files could not be played.  Investigating, I found
that:

07-ANGER|ANGER.mp3 was renamed as 07-ANGER_ANGER.mp3 on the iPod's
file system, and 02-TRAGEDY:ETERNITY.mp3 as 02-TRAGEDY_ETERNITY.mp3

However, rhythmbox showed the iPod database referenced these files as
07-ANGER|ANGER.mp3 and 02-TRAGEDY;ETERNITY.mp3 respectively.  No
wonder they could not be played.

I have several files containing `:' or `|' characters in my music
collection, all of which are on my iPod as well - synced earlier using
rhythmbox - and AFAIK they all play just fine.  This suggests that
this bug is relatively new.

I'd be happy to assist in helping fix this bug (as soon as I have a
bit of time) if necessary.

Thanks.

- Felix

P.S. my apologies if this bug should have been filed against libgpod
instead.

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

Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB (charmap=ISO-8859-1), LANGUAGE= (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages rhythmbox depends on:
ii  dbus                            1.11.22-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-base       1.12.3-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-good       1.12.3-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-x                  1.12.3-1
ii  libc6                           2.24-17
ii  libglib2.0-0                    2.54.2-1
ii  libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-0  1.12.3-1
ii  libgstreamer1.0-0               1.12.3-1
ii  libgtk-3-0                      3.22.24-3
ii  libpeas-1.0-0                   1.22.0-1+b1
ii  librhythmbox-core10             3.4.2-1
ii  libx11-6                        2:1.6.4-3
ii  media-player-info               23-1
ii  rhythmbox-data                  3.4.2-1

Versions of packages rhythmbox recommends:
ii  avahi-daemon                           0.7-3
ii  awesome [notification-daemon]          4.2-2
ii  dunst [notification-daemon]            1.2.0-2
ii  gnome-flashback [notification-daemon]  3.26.0-2
ii  gnome-shell [notification-daemon]      3.26.1-3
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly              1.12.3-1
ii  gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio                1.12.3-1
ii  gvfs-backends                          1.34.1-1
ii  notification-daemon                    3.20.0-1+b1
ii  rhythmbox-plugins                      3.4.2-1
ii  yelp                                   3.26.0-1

Versions of packages rhythmbox suggests:
pn  gnome-codec-install          <none>
ii  gnome-control-center         1:3.26.1-2
ii  gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad     1.12.3-2
ii  rhythmbox-plugin-cdrecorder  3.4.2-1

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