Bug#630819: Iceweasel fails to open a file URI when the link has been obtained from a remote server.
Mike Hommey
mh at glandium.org
Sat Jun 18 00:20:08 UTC 2011
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 09:26:30AM -0800, peasthope at shaw.ca wrote:
>
> Package: iceweasel
> Version: 3.5.16-7
> Severity: minor
>
> *** Please type your report below this line ***
> After /etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js is adjusted according to instructions
> in http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security_Policies, a file URI still fails to open
> when the link has been obtained from a remote Web server. Of course, there is
> no problem using a local link to open a local file. Add-on
> https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/281 confers the ability to open the file
> URI. Iceweasel appears to be ignoring the adjustments in /etc/...iceweasel.js.
>
> At least one other bug involves /etc/iceweasel/pref/iceweasel.js; #425961.
If you wrote "user_pref" in iceweasel.js, that's not likely to work.
user_pref is the keyword for pref.js in user profiles. You need to use
"pref" instead.
Mike
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