Bug#593964: gedit: save error on NTFS in VBox with shared folders

[Josselin Mouette]

Le dimanche 22 août 2010 à 18:46 +0200, Matthijs Melchior a écrit :
> Could not save the file /C/Temp/test-gedit.
> Unexpected error: Error renaming temporary file: Text file busy

> 20724 rename("/C/Temp/.goutputstream-P3PXHV", "/C/Temp/test-gedit" 
> <unfinished ...>
> 20724 <... rename resumed> )            = -1 ETXTBSY (Text file busy)
> 20724 close(26 <unfinished ...>
> 
> This suggests the reason for the problem:
> The .goutputstream-P3PXHV file is being renamed before it is closed.
> I believe this is a problem on NTFS...

> Please change gedit and/or glib to aviod this error.

I’m afraid that renaming the file before closing it is the appropriate
behavior. I don’t think we should change this behavior because of one
broken filesystem implementation.

What kind of filesystem is /C in VirtualBox, anyway? I guess it is not
directly mounted as NTFS.

Cheers,
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