Bug 243808 - Can not erase or "move to trash" a symlink/shortcut
Summary: Can not erase or "move to trash" a symlink/shortcut
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: gnome-desktop
Version: 8
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Ray Strode [halfline]
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Reported: 2007-06-12 00:22 UTC by Joshua Jensen
Modified: 2008-07-29 13:14 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2008-07-29 13:14:06 UTC
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Description Joshua Jensen 2007-06-12 00:22:56 UTC 
Description of problem:

Can not erase or "move to trash" a symlink/shortcut

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

FC7, all updates as of June 11th 2007

How reproducible:

touch /tmp/blah
cd ~/Desktop
ln -s /tmp/blah

Now try to delete it or move it to the trash.  You can't.

This is a problem.
Comment 1 Joshua Jensen 2007-10-03 18:27:02 UTC 
Hello?
Comment 2 Joshua Jensen 2007-11-14 20:51:54 UTC 
This is a problem in F8 too.  Pretty fundamentally broken, no?
Comment 3 Joshua Jensen 2008-03-08 20:14:32 UTC 
ping
Comment 4 Matthias Clasen 2008-03-11 15:29:52 UTC 
It works fine in F9
Comment 5 Joshua Jensen 2008-05-30 18:49:35 UTC 
Fixed in F9, yes, I just verified.  Please close if you won't fix in F8.
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