[dolphin] [Bug 497011] Dolphin incorrectly calculates the total size of the files under / (the filesystem root directory)

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=497011

--- Comment #2 from kde.curly785 at passmail.net ---
(In reply to John Kizer from comment #1)
> I can reproduce a version of this on my system - the size calculated for /
> is many times higher than the actual space taken, although it's not 1,024
> times higher - in fact, it's close to the size reported in your screenshot
> (mine was 129.4 TiB), despite my mounted filesystems having a total of 1.6
> TiB of space used.
> 
> Keep in mind the free space chart at the bottom of that window is only going
> to be for the filesystem on which / is mounted, while if you have multiple
> filesystems mounted, there will be more files and more size occupied by the
> total contents of files under / - for example, I have /mnt/usbdrivename,
> which is its own filesystem, but files on it would presumably be totaled up
> if everything under / were being added. Perhaps it's more confusing than
> anything to even allow calculating a total size for / ?
> 
> (By the way, if this issue was experienced in December 2024, you may need to
> check your Arch repository setup - 24.08.3 was the latest Dolphin version in
> the Arch repositories as of the time this bug was filed, and your system
> info indicates your kernel/Plasma/other packages are significantly outdated
> as well)

I did notice that the dolphin version was behind the latest on the github, but
at the time it was the latest in the available repositories for endeavourOS

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