Bug 430690

Summary: Can't save edits
Product: [Applications] okular Reporter: Steve Kelem <steve>
Component: generalAssignee: Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal CC: aacid
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 1.11.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Other   
OS: Linux   
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Description Steve Kelem 2020-12-22 02:46:22 UTC 
SUMMARY
Opened pdf file (with forms), did some edits, over-wrote file with another program, then tried to save the edited pdf on top of the original, overwritten file. I get the message:
The file '201802 foo.pdf' has been modified by another program, which means it can no longer be saved.
When I try to Save As, I get the message:
The file '201802 foo.pdf' has been modified by another program, which means it can no longer be saved.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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OBSERVED RESULT
Cannot overwrite file, and cannot write the edited pdf file anywhere else.

EXPECTED RESULT
Even if some other program were modifying the file, (1) the save should overwrite the file after asking permission, or (2) I should be able to save the file under a different name.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 Albert Astals Cid 2020-12-22 20:51:30 UTC 
You can save edits just fine, just don't delete the file you're editing.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 402017 ***
Comment 2 Steve Kelem 2020-12-24 20:07:02 UTC 
Your comment is amusing, but, at the point where you hit this bug (402017), there's nothing you can do. As you said in 2018 one cannot even use the Save As to save your data.