Bug#360147: iceweasel: silent failures while saving any files to non-writable directories

[Samium Gromoff]

Package: iceweasel
Version: 3.5.4-1
Severity: normal


This bug (failure to notify the user about inability to save) actually
happens for the wider category of saving just about anything in
non-writable directories.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages iceweasel depends on:
ii  debianutils                   3.2.1      Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  fontconfig                    2.6.0-4    generic font configuration library
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-5   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libglib2.0-0                  2.22.2-2   The GLib library of C routines
ii  libgtk2.0-0                   2.18.3-1   The GTK+ graphical user interface 
ii  libnspr4-0d                   4.8.2-1    NetScape Portable Runtime Library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.4.2-2    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii  procps                        1:3.2.8-2  /proc file system utilities
ii  psmisc                        22.8-1     utilities that use the proc file s
ii  xulrunner-1.9.1               1.9.1.4-1  XUL + XPCOM application runner

iceweasel recommends no packages.

Versions of packages iceweasel suggests:
pn  latex-xft-fonts               <none>     (no description available)
pn  libkrb53                      <none>     (no description available)
pn  mozplugger                    <none>     (no description available)
pn  ttf-mathematica4.1            <none>     (no description available)
pn  xfonts-mathml                 <none>     (no description available)
pn  xprint                        <none>     (no description available)
pn  xulrunner-1.9.1-gnome-support <none>     (no description available)

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