LR 4.2 Incorrectly Names Moved Folders

I just got a new Mac laptop and set up LR 4.2. When I drag/drop to move folders across disks, LR seems to be assigning the wrong system file path and loses track of the move. First, let me describe the key components of my setup:
I store my recent photos on my laptop's HDD in ~/Pictures/Master Workspace
I archive photos onto a mounted linux file system at /Volumes/Photos/Master Archive
For simplicity, I'll refer to those as [work] and [arch]. I have a folder [work]/201210 Sabbatical Return that I want to move into [arch]/2010s/2012/. Before the new laptop, I could drag this over without issue and the folder and photos would copy into the file system on the Linux box as expected. However, if I do this now I get [arch]/2010s/master workspace/201210 Sabbatical Return in my Linux file system with the photos, which is clearly not the correct destination. For some reason LR seems to be substituting in "master workspace" where it should have "2012". In my LR folder hierarchy, I see the new folder in the correct place with the thumbnails, but they all have the ? indicating the files they reference are missing. If I manually move the files to the correct folder, all is well.
This is a repeatable error for any arbitrary folder. It's very odd. Can anyone offer an explanation, or is this just a bug?

Hi Cornelia-I,
Did I understand correctly that you drag from within LR?
That's correct: the folder dragging/dropping is all within LR, i.e., no direct interaction with the file system.
Your set-up sounds more complicated due to the Linux box as [arch], which could introduce another problem than on pure Mac-formatted storage space.
Yeah, but the complexity should be beyond the scope of LR. As a Mac OS X mounted Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) volume, the Linux server should behave no differently than any other volume from LR's point of view, i.e., LR should have no idea that it's a Linux box on the other end.
Also, this volume worked with my older laptop and LR. There have been no changes to the Linux system. The only new variable is the fresh LR install.
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