Doing it manually gives tar: dist-upgrade/20120404-1338/apt-term.log: Cannot open: Permission denied so as I suspected a permissions problem
Still seems to include the file tho -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/975063 Title: 'Compress' gives cryptic error message Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Navigate to /var/log Attempt to compress dist-upgrade folder using right-click 'Compress' functionality Compression appears to work but gives 'An error occurred when adding files to the archive' error message This should not appear or should have a 'details' section which actually tells what the problem is. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: nautilus 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Apr 6 12:38:22 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-04 (1 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/975063/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp