#10158: Broken-link icon not updated when "unbroken"
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Reporter: humdinger | Owner: axeld
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Applications/Tracker | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Comment (by ttcoder):
Might be a 'missing feature' rather than a bug (technically)
When a symlink exists, it's of course possible to node-monitor its target,
but once the target disappears you can no longer node-monitor anything
directly.. Or maybe one could come up with a scheme where you monitor the
/parent directory/ of the temporarily defunct target, watching for the
target's re-appearance.. That would make for complicated code.. But would
look behaviorally perfect on screen: target re-appears, icon "un breaks",
sha-zam.
Other than that, maybe a stop-gap measure would be satisfying to users,
like checking for the target when the broken icon is left /clicked/..
After all, there does seem to be stop-gap measures in place already: for
example if a new file is created on desktop, all other icons (not just the
newly created file) are checked, possibly resulting in an un-breaking of
the broken symlink icon.
Disclaimer: I didn't look at Tracker source code.. But the bug/behavior is
reproducible with easy steps in any folder:
{{{
/boot/system/cache/tmp/New folder> mkdir New\ folder/
/boot/system/cache/tmp/New folder> touch New\ folder/foo
/boot/system/cache/tmp/New folder> ln -s New\ folder/foo foolink
/boot/system/cache/tmp/New folder> rm New\ folder/foo
/boot/system/cache/tmp/New folder> touch New\ folder/foo
}}}
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Ticket URL: <https://dev.haiku-os.org/ticket/10158#comment:4>
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