Bug 393960

Summary:	Dolphin should not write a .directory file in any directory that is used by IndexedDB
Product:	[Applications] dolphin	Reporter:	Graham Perrin <grahamperrin>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	normal	CC:	elvis.angelaccio, kde, kde, nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	18.04.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	FreeBSD
URL:	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944918#c39
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
Attachments:	Frame from a screen recording of the bug.

Description Graham Perrin 2018-05-07 15:22:35 UTC

Created attachment 112473 [details]
Frame from a screen recording of the bug.

Whilst troubleshooting Mozilla bug 
944918 - indexedDB broken - UnknownError - Error opening Database
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944918>

I discovered that the presence of

.directory

– in a 'db' directory, nested in the 'storage' directory of a Firefox profile, will cause IndexedDB to not work as required. 

Please: 

- can Dolphin, or some other part of KDE, be enhanced to 
  prevent creation of .directory files wherever 
  a 'db' directory contains an .sqlite file?

Comment 1 Graham Perrin 2018-05-07 16:02:48 UTC

Screen recordings: 

<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944918#c33> comments 33 and 34.

Comment 2 Graham Perrin 2018-05-08 14:54:27 UTC

It seems that the scope is broader than the 'db' directory alone; please see  <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944918#c36>.

Comment 3 Kai Uwe Broulik 2018-05-14 08:48:53 UTC

That is an oddly specific request. The file is hidden (dot file) so it ought to be ignored...

Comment 4 Graham Perrin 2018-06-29 05:55:40 UTC

(In reply to Kai Uwe Broulik from comment #3)

> … oddly specific …

Agreed. 

Re <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944918#c39> things on the Mozilla side are currently moving towards: 

> …
> b) Whitelist everything starting with a "." as that's convention for "ignore this file". …
> …

Would you like to resolve this KDE bug as WONTFIX?

Comment 5 Graham Perrin 2018-06-29 05:56:27 UTC

(In reply to Kai Uwe Broulik from comment #3)

> … oddly specific …

Agreed. 

Re <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=944918#c39> things on the Mozilla side are currently moving towards: 

> …
> b) Whitelist everything starting with a "." as that's convention for "ignore this file". …
> …

Would you like to resolve this KDE bug as WONTFIX?

Comment 6 Elvis Angelaccio 2019-02-10 21:00:23 UTC

Closing as request, since there is very little we can do from the dolphin side.