[Bug 1813679] Re: vim-gtk can no longer save to GVFS SFTP mounts in 18.04

[Adam Novak]

Sorry, I misremembered my results from yesterday. I just checked again.
The permissions are in fact different: the Nautilus-created files are
644 (because my "New Text Document.txt" template in ~/Templates is 644),
while files created with e.g. touch are 664.

Since both allow me, the owning user, to write the file, vim still
shouldn't have problems, but it does seem like that is the underlying
cause, rather than Nautilus having been used to create the file.

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Title:
  vim-gtk can no longer save to GVFS SFTP mounts in 18.04

Status in gvfs package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in vim package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  In Ubuntu 16.04, with gvim 7.4.1689, I can open files over GVFS SSH
  mounts (by going to `ssh://wherever` in the address bar in the file
  browser and double-clicking on the file), edit them, and save them.

  In Ubuntu 18.04, when I install `vim-gtk` and try to do the same
  thing, I can open the files just fine, but when I try to save them I
  get a message that Vim "Can't open file for writing".

  If I check out the Vim source tree and build and install vim
  v7.4.1689, which is what Xenial is shipping now, and use *that* gvim
  on Ubuntu 18.04, I can save over SSH mounts. I can also save fine from
  gedit.

  Something is wrong with the gvim shipping with 18.04.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
  Package: vim-gtk (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-44.47-generic 4.15.18
  Uname: Linux 4.15.0-44-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Jan 28 15:55:56 2019
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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