[Bug 61073] Save file to Desktop - File will not appear if saved to symlink

[Frank Herberg]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kdebase

If you have your KDE Desktop directory for example on
/user/linus/Desktop and a symlink to /home/linus/Desktop you got the
following problem:

If you save a file to /home/linus/Desktop (to the symlink) with KDEs
save-as Dialog, it will not appear on the Desktop. Only if you create an
other item on the Desktop the saved file will appear.

If this happens once, also Items directly saved to the Desktop-Directory
will not appear anymore. This behavior persists until you restart KDE/X.

(By contrast the save-as dialog from mozilla works also with symlinks.)

** Affects: kdebase (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Untriaged
         Status: Unconfirmed

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: kdebase
  
  If you have your KDE Desktop directory for example on
  /user/linus/Desktop and a symlink to /home/linus/Desktop you got the
  following problem:
  
- I you save a file to /home/linus/Desktop (to the symlink) with KDEs
+ If you save a file to /home/linus/Desktop (to the symlink) with KDEs
  save-as Dialog, it will not appear on the Desktop. Only if you create an
  other item on the Desktop the saved file will appear.
  
  If this happens once, also Items directly saved to the Desktop-Directory
  will not appear until you restart KDE/X.
  
  (By contrast the save-as dialog from mozilla works also with symlinks.)

** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: kdebase
  
  If you have your KDE Desktop directory for example on
  /user/linus/Desktop and a symlink to /home/linus/Desktop you got the
  following problem:
  
  If you save a file to /home/linus/Desktop (to the symlink) with KDEs
  save-as Dialog, it will not appear on the Desktop. Only if you create an
  other item on the Desktop the saved file will appear.
  
  If this happens once, also Items directly saved to the Desktop-Directory
- will not appear until you restart KDE/X.
+ will not appear anymore. This behavior persists until you restart KDE/X.
  
  (By contrast the save-as dialog from mozilla works also with symlinks.)

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Save file to Desktop - File will not appear if saved to symlink
https://launchpad.net/bugs/61073