Note I tried compressing using ARJ on both (which works in bash) and different directories as source. If the source is say 500 files its OK but anything around 1k files no good.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to file-roller in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876839 Title: File-Roller continues as it has done for years to crash Status in file-roller package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Ive been using FR for many years it gets totally out of sync when there are several thousand files. This has been reported as a bug by many others as well. Today I selected dropbox folder and tried running FR in bash but there were no error report, the messagebox showed compressing 13,500 files then crash after a minute. However if I use bash command: alistair@alsE590:~/Dropbox$ arj a -r myfiles.arj * arc is created properly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: file-roller 3.36.1-1ubuntu0.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-28.32-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-28-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: Budgie:GNOME Date: Tue May 5 13:32:28 2020 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-01-23 (103 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Budgie 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Alpha amd64 (20200119) SourcePackage: file-roller UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/file-roller/+bug/1876839/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp