Description of problem: If I have a file name1.jpg with a hardlink name2.jpg (perhaps in different albums) and change and save the keywords on name1.jpg, name2.jpg will be truncated to 0. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 1.0-15.fc17 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. ln name1.jpg name2.jpg 2. in geeqie, display name1.jpg, press ctrl-k to bring up the metadata editor 3. press ctrl-s to save metadata; say "okay" if prompted to confirm 4. watch name2.jpg get destroyed. Actual results: Files become unlinked. "name1.jpg is successfully updated, but "name2.jpg" is truncated to zero bytes. Expected results: Files remain linked. Update saved successfully. Additional info:
Upstream bug report: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3556363&group_id=222125&atid=1054680 Tested with both F17 and F15.
Cannot reproduce that yet. No truncation of name2.jpg here. What are your "Metadata" settings in the Preferences? Screenshot could tell. Could you attach an strace of a Geeqie session when you reproduce the problem?
Sorry -- the step missing is: 0. In Preferences under Metadata, check "1) Save metadata in image files, resp. sidecar files, according to XMP standard". Otherwise, it doesn't try to write to the files at all, which (not surprisingly) doesn't cause any problem.
Still cannot reproduce it (with ext4 fs). For the given test case, the two files stay hardlinked.
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