Bug#456897: vim-gtk: gtk file-selector puts vim in continuous disk activity

[Roberto Boati]

Package: vim-gtk
Severity: normal

After opening at least one time the gtk file-selector widget, vim keeps
writing on disk on _every_ action, like key press or mouse interaction.

Setting Linux in disk activity debugging mode shows some clues:
# echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/block_dump
# while : ; do clear; dmesg; sleep 1; done
...
gvim(11661): dirtied inode 67139872 (.recently-used.xbel.7ZNP3T) on sda5
gvim(11661): dirtied inode 67139872 (.recently-used.xbel.7ZNP3T) on sda5
gvim(11661): dirtied inode 67139872 (.recently-used.xbel.7ZNP3T) on sda5

It seems continuously trashing temporary files for recently-used
functionality.
This requires vim to be closed to get normal behaviour.

This bug also applies to vim-gnome but not to vim-lesstif, confirming
that problem is related to how vim is using gtk file-selector.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-1-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages vim-gtk depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.7-4          GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libglib2.0-0              2.14.4-2       The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgpmg1                  1.19.6-25      General Purpose Mouse - shared
lib
ii  libgtk2.0-0               2.12.3-2       The GTK+ graphical user
interface
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.4-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange
library
ii  libncurses5               5.6+20071124-1 Shared libraries for terminal
hand
ii  libpango1.0-0             1.18.3-1       Layout and rendering of
internatio
ii  libperl5.8                5.8.8-12       Shared Perl library
ii  libruby1.8                1.8.6.111-2    Libraries necessary to run Ruby
1.
ii  libsm6                    2:1.0.3-1+b1   X11 Session Management library
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.0.3-7      X11 client-side library
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.5-3      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  python2.4                 2.4.4-6        An interactive high-level
object-o
ii  vim-common                1:7.1-175+1    Vi IMproved - Common files
ii  vim-gui-common            1:7.1-175+1    Vi IMproved - Common GUI files
ii  vim-runtime               1:7.1-175+1    Vi IMproved - Runtime files

vim-gtk recommends no packages.

-- 
Roberto Boati <roberto.boati at gmail.com>
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