[kepler-dev] [Bug 4512] New: - missing entries with multiple copies of the same KAR file in a single repository

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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4512

           Summary: missing entries with multiple copies of the same KAR
                    file in a single repository
           Product: Kepler
           Version: 1.x dev
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: berkley at nceas.ucsb.edu
        ReportedBy: soong at nceas.ucsb.edu
         QAContact: kepler-dev at kepler-project.org
                CC: aschultz at nceas.ucsb.edu


Things don't seem to work right if I have multiple copies of the same KAR file
in a single local repository.  I think this is related to only one entry for an
LSID being allowed in a repository.

If I make a file system copy of the KAR file, only one copy (the oldest?) will
show up in Kepler, which could be reasonable if potentially confusing and
inconvenient.  I presume this is because the KAR files have identical LSIDs.

However, if I open the KAR in Kepler and Save Archive to create a copy, that
copy will show up in Kepler, will appear to be empty (lacking XML and ROML
entries), but can be opened.  The original remains as before.  I think this is
because the KAR files have different LSIDs, but the XML and ROML files have the
same.

Maybe this is as intended, but it's certainly confusing because the KARs look
empty and the folder/KAR listing does not accurately reflect the file system
structure.