[Bug 86976] shortcut folders don't show custom icons

[David Prieto]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: nautilus

This is the situation:

- I have a "music" folder on my home directory, where I keep music
albums, a folder for each.

- For easier handling, each of these subfolders have a "folder.jpg" file
inside, with the album cover. I have alt+clicked each of them, and set
this jpg as their custom icon. Therefore, my music folder looks like
this:

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/8267/pantallazomusicabo1.png

-So, I created a shortcut on my desktop leading to this music folder. It
would be logical for this folder to look exactly like its original, but
this is what it looks like instead:

http://img463.imageshack.us/img463/2896/pantallazomusica1gu7.png

As you see only a handful of folders display their custom icons, and
it's the ones I have set by hand. The rest show the usual folder icon.
They should have inherited the custom icons from their "real"
counterparts, but they didn't.

** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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shortcut folders don't show custom icons
https://launchpad.net/bugs/86976