Re: a bug on moving files with "Files" in Gnome environment

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Jul 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM Andrew Makhorin <mao@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I meant how long do you let the system keep chugging along after
> > it appears to hang?
> >
>
> The system itself remains working.  The "Files" window gets dark and doesnt
> response, and it's impossible to close it.
>
> > When moving files on the same disk impression is, at least with dragging in
> > the desktop file manager, it seems instant. Whereas to another disk seems
> >  to make new files. I guess that when on the same disk the OS changes only
> > something about the file description?
>
> Sure.  However in this case the destination folder contents is also displayed
> in a window, and it is updated every time new files arrive.  I think the bug
> is related just to displaying the folder contents.

Is the filesystem a NFS mount? If so, it may be the unlink bug in the
kernel. I also see talk of a similar problem on Azure.

A good analysis of the unlink bug from userland is at
<https://gitlab.alpinelinux.org/alpine/aports/-/issues/10960>.

Jeff