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gnome-screenshot unable to overwrite file, says the file already exist and close after having shown an error

Bug #871135 reported by Aurélien RIVIERE
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This bug affects 9 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
gnome-utils
Fix Released
Medium
gnome-screenshot (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Unassigned
Oneiric
Won't Fix
Low
Unassigned
Precise
Fix Released
Low
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Bug Description

How to reproduce this bug :
-Open gnome-screenshot
-make a screenshot
-ask to save the picture on a already existing file.

Result ON A GTK DIALOG type GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR :
Error while copying "Screenshot.png".
there was an error copying the file into /home/ubuntu/Documents/ad.
Error stating file '/tmp/gnome-screenshot.2325.0/Screenshot.png': No such file or directory

Aurélien RIVIERE (aurelien-riv)
summary: - gnome-screenshot unable to overwrite file, say the file already exist
+ gnome-screenshot unable to overwrite file, says the file already exist
and close
summary: gnome-screenshot unable to overwrite file, says the file already exist
- and close
+ and close after having shown an error
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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VinDSL (perfect-pecker) wrote :

I've been having this problem for a week or two...

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Possibly dupe of Bug #835712

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Aurélien RIVIERE (aurelien-riv) wrote :

No, it's not a duplicate of this bug, I renamed it in a .jpg file when I tried to overwrite a already existing file to reproduce the bug twice, and I got the same error, so it's not a puplicate, except if saving the screenshot in <file>.jpg try to save <file>.jpg in an image/png format.

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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. The issue you are reporting is an upstream one and it would be nice if somebody having it could send the bug to the developers of the software by following the instructions at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/GNOME. If you have done so, please tell us the number of the upstream bug (or the link), so we can add a bugwatch that will inform us about its status. Thanks in advance.

Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

@ #4
> I renamed it in a .jpg file when I tried to overwrite a already existing file

Perhaps it should be mentioned in bug description.

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu):
importance: Medium → Low
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu Oneiric):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → Confirmed
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Pedro Villavicencio (pvillavi)
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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

Thank you for your bug report. This bug has been reported to the developers of the software. You can track it and make comments at:
 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663854

Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Changed in gnome-utils:
importance: Undecided → Unknown
status: New → Unknown
Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu):
assignee: Pedro Villavicencio (pvillavi) → nobody
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-utils:
importance: Unknown → Medium
status: Unknown → New
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the issue is fixed in git and will be fixed in the next ubuntu version

Changed in gnome-utils (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Triaged → Fix Committed
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in gnome-utils:
status: New → Fix Released
Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
affects: gnome-utils (Ubuntu Oneiric) → gnome-screenshot (Ubuntu Oneiric)
Changed in gnome-screenshot (Ubuntu Oneiric):
status: Triaged → Won't Fix
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package gnome-screenshot - 3.3.2-0ubuntu1

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gnome-screenshot (3.3.2-0ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low

  * New upstream version:
    - "unable to overwrite file, says the file already exist and close"
      (lp: #871135)
  * debian/control.in:
    - drop vcs, using ~ubuntu-desktop/gnome-screenshot/ubuntu requires to
      create a gnome-screenshot component on launchpad, we can use the
      standard lp:ubuntu location for a small source
  * debian/copyright: fixed some small syntax issues,
    thanks Didier for the review
 -- Sebastien Bacher <email address hidden> Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:16:06 +0100

Changed in gnome-screenshot (Ubuntu Precise):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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