Reproduce: 1. Create a symlink named "myfile.txt" in the folder view. 2. Edit properties and change the value for "Points to:". 3. See the error box: "A file named /home/user1/Desktop/myfile.txt already exists. This does not happen if I do this in dolphin.
I can confirm this on (Neon dev edition)Plasma 5.8.4
Git commit fd1c158cb829ede6beb0d7f37f40e2cdfbd6280f by David Faure. Committed on 01/01/2017 at 11:22. Pushed by dfaure into branch 'master'. Add unittests for KIO::symlink, including the case of Overwrite. All tests pass, with file:/// URLs. Clearly bug 360487 is related to desktop: URLs. M +62 -0 autotests/jobtest.cpp M +1 -0 autotests/jobtest.h https://commits.kde.org/kio/fd1c158cb829ede6beb0d7f37f40e2cdfbd6280f
Git commit 7f2abde5cb036b8b500aaff45886368ca295e24f by David Faure. Committed on 01/01/2017 at 12:16. Pushed by dfaure into branch 'master'. ForwardingSlaveBase: fix passing of Overwrite flag to kio_desktop Unittest will be committed to plasma-workspace/kioslave/desktop later. FIXED-IN: 5.30 M +1 -1 src/core/forwardingslavebase.cpp https://commits.kde.org/kio/7f2abde5cb036b8b500aaff45886368ca295e24f
Git commit a4339386671b8dba0a8711e57a9398f98f44a147 by David Faure. Committed on 01/01/2017 at 12:37. Pushed by dfaure into branch 'master'. Add unittest for bug 360487 M +34 -0 kioslave/desktop/tests/kio_desktop_test.cpp https://commits.kde.org/plasma-workspace/a4339386671b8dba0a8711e57a9398f98f44a147