UPDATE: 1) The symlink can be created on the desktop as well (as long as it sits directly/really in the same partition as user home and not in another partition) 2) The symlink doesn't have to be pointing to a directory in the root of the other partition (on the internal HDD), it can be any directory or subdirectory in that partition; files in that target directory cannot be moved to trash while any of its subdirectories and/or subdirectory contents can...
I hope all this helps, otherwise I will be available this whole afternoon and evening (GMT+3) to further help reproduce it ( in realtime ;-) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to glib2.0 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1638245 Title: Files in the root of a folder on another partition symlinked to user's home cannot be moved to trash because of a patch in this package Status in glib2.0 package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm on Ubuntu 16.10 64-bit with libglib2.0-0 version 2.50.0-1. I've reported this bug (or marked as "it affects me") in a couple of other places before I've finally discovered that this is the package that's causing this problem, which unfortunately has been around for a couple of years now. This bug has been reported upstream as well, but it's just taking very very long to arrive at a decision and take action it seems. Apparently one of the patches (https://sources.debian.net/patches/glib2.0/2.50.1-1/0001-Fix- trashing-on-overlayfs.patch/) which is here (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/glib2.0_2.50.0-1.debian.tar.xz) to the original package which is here (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/glib2.0_2.50.0.orig.tar.xz) is the root cause of this annoying problem. As I prefer keeping one patition for the root filesystem (/), one partition for user settings (/home) and one partition for user data (Documents, Downloads, Drive, Music, Pictures, Public, Videos) which are simply symlinked to my home folder for ease of use, I cannot move any file to the trash in the root of these folders when I access them from my home folder or nautilus sidebar. This problem doesn't affect folders at all, nor any other files in subfolders, etc. So I was wondering if Ubuntu devs can leave out that particular patch when building this package for Ubuntu - if it doesn't cause more harm, which I doubt. Otherwise, I would appreciate if I could learn how to do it myself: how can I (as an end-user) compile the contents of "glib2.0_2.50.0.orig.tar.xz" with all the patches, etc. in "glib2.0_2.50.0-1.debian.tar.xz" except "0001-Fix-trashing-on- overlayfs.patch"? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glib2.0/+bug/1638245/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
